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2 Kings 24:8

2 Kings 24:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Jehoiachin: ; , Jeconiah, , , , Coniah, , Jechonias

eighteen years: In the parallel place, he is said to be only eight years old; but this must be a mistake, for we find that having reigned only three months, he was carried captive to Babylon, and there had wives; and had he been of such a tender age, it could scarcely have been said that, as a king, "he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord."

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