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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Kings 24:8

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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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
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