2 Kings 24:8

“Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, etc.] In (<143609>2 Chronicles 36:9) he is said to be but eight years old; which may be reconciled by observing, that he might be made and declared king by his father, in the first year of his reign, who reigned eleven years, so that he was eight years old when he began to reign with him, and eighteen when he began to reign alone f308. Dr. Lightfoot f309 gives another solution of this difficulty, that properly speaking he was eighteen years old when he began to reign, but, in an improper sense, the son of eight years, or the eighth year, as the Hebrew phrase is; that is, he fell in the lot of the eighth year of the captivity of Judah,…”

“JEHOIACHIN SUCCEEDS HIM. (Kg2 24:8-9) Jehoiachin--that is, "God-appointed," contracted into Jeconiah and Coniah (Jer 22:24). eighteen years old when he began to reign--At the age of eight his father took him into partnership in the government (Ch2 36:9). He began to reign alone at eighteen.”

“His mother’s name - On the position of the “queen mother” see 1 Kings 15:10 note. Nehushta’s rank and dignity are strongly marked by the distinct and express mention which is made of her in almost every place where her son’s history is touched (2 Kings 24:12; compare Jeremiah 22:26; Jeremiah 29:2). return to 'Top of Page'”

“To reign - In his eighth year he began to reign with his father, who made him king with him as divers other kings of Israel and Judah had done in times of trouble; and in his eighteenth year he reigned alone. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 24:12”

“24:8 Jehoiachin became king in 597 BC. • he reigned in Jerusalem three months: cp. Jer 22:28-30.”

“Jehoiachin: Ch1 3:16; Jer 24:1, Jeconiah, Jer 22:24, Jer 22:28, Jer 37:1, Coniah, Mat 1:11, Mat 1:12, 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." Ch2 36:9 4 Kings (2 Kings) 24:9”

“(cf. Ch2 36:9 and Ch2 36:10). Jehoiachin, יהויכין or יויכין ( Eze 1:2), i.e., he whom Jehovah fortifies, called יכניהוּ in Ch1 3:16-17, and Jer 27:20; Jer 28:4, etc., and כּניהוּ in Jer 22:24, Jer 22:28; Jer 37:1, probably according to the popular twisting and contraction of the name Jehoiachin, was eighteen years old when he ascended the throne (the eight years of the Chronicles are a slip of the pen), and reigned three months, or, according to the more precise statement of the Chronicles, three months and ten days, in the spirit of his father. Ezekiel ( Eze 19:5-7) describes him not only as a young lion, who learned to prey and devoured men, like Jehoahaz, but also affirms of him that he…”