Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 24:8 in context
2 Kings 24:5–11
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
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The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.
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Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
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He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his father had done.
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At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
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Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
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