2 Chronicles 36:9,10

20. THE REIGN OF JEHOIACHIN (2 Chronicles 36:9-10)

TEXT

2 Chronicles 36:9. Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah. 10. And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

PARAPHRASE

2 Chronicles 36:9. Jehoiachin was eight years old when he ascended the throne. But he lasted only three months and ten days, and it was an evil reign as far as the Lord was concerned. 10. The following spring he was summoned to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. Many treasures from the Temple were taken away to Babylon at that time, and King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin's brother Zedekiah as the new king of Judah and Jerusalem.

COMMENTARY

Whether Jehoiakim's son, Jehoiachin, was eight or eighteen years of age (2 Kings 24:8) when he became king, he reigned only three months and served no good purpose while he was on the throne. Once more the Babylonians came at the return of the year (in the springtime) and robbed the Temple taking more captives (like those among whom Ezekiel lived). Jehoiachin was deported to Babylon. Jehovah's predictions through Moses in Deuteronomy, chapter 28, were being literally fulfilled.