Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Eight years old. He was associated by his father to the kingdom, when he was but eight years old; but after his father’s death, when he reigned alone, he was eighteen years old. 4 Kennicott. 24:8. Challoner.—He only enjoyed the throne three months and ten days. Tirinus.—We must however observe, ( Bible.) that the Alex. Septuagint the Syr. and Arab. read here, eighteen. Calmet.—“It is, in my opinion, a pity that the translators have not mended such apparent errata of the scribe of the present Hebrew out of 2 Kennicott. 24:8, or out of Septuagint or out of common sense.” Wall. Kennicott.—These eight years may be dated from the captivity, and not from the king’s birth. Usher. D.