2 KINGS 24:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.”
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem — Jehoiachin (יְהוֹיָכִין, *Yehoyakin*), Jehoiakim's son, accedes at eighteen years old yet reigns only three months. His brief tenure, even briefer than his uncle Jehoahaz's, indicates his powerlessness in the face of Babylonian siege and conquest. The three-month reign proves insufficient for any substantive governance.
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