2 Kings 24:12

“And Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, etc.] Not to fight with him, but to submit to him, and to surrender the city to him, and be at his mercy: he and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers; the royal family, courtiers, and nobles: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign; Of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, and which was the eighth of the first captivity, and from whence the seventy years’ captivity were reckoned.”

“The eighth year - Jeremiah calls it the seventh year Jeremiah 52:28, a statement which implies only a different manner of counting regnal years. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Went out - Yielded up himself and the city into his hands; and this by the counsel of Jeremiah, and to his own good. His reign - Of Nebuchadnezzar's reign; as appears by comparing this with Kg2 25:8, and because Jehoiachin reigned not half a year. Had he made his peace with God, and taken the method that Hezekiah did in the like case, he needed not to have feared the king of Babylon, but might have held out with courage, honour and success. But wanting the faith and piety of an Israelite, he had not the resolution of a man. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 24:13”

“Jehoiachin: Ch2 36:10; Jer 24:1, Jer 29:1, Jer 29:2, Jer 38:17, Jer 38:18; Eze 17:12 officers: or, eunuchs took him: Kg2 25:27; Jer 52:28, Jer 52:31 eighth year: "Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year." Jer 25:1, Jer 52:28 4 Kings (2 Kings) 24:13”

“Then Jehoiachin went out to the king of Babylon to yield himself up to him, because he perceived the impossibility of holding the city any longer against the besiegers, and probably hoped to secure the favour of Nebuchadnezzar, and perhaps to retain the throne as his vassal by a voluntary submission. Nebuchadnezzar, however, did not show favour any more, as he had done to Jehoiakim at the first taking of Jerusalem, but treated Jehoiachin as a rebel, made him prisoner, and led him away to Babylon, along with his mother, his wives ( Kg2 24:15), his princes and his chamberlains, as Jeremiah had prophesied ( Jer 22:24.), in the eighth year of his (Nebuchadnezzar's) reign. The reference to the…”