Verse 9
Jahoiachin. Called also Jeconiah (1 Chronicles 3:16 ) and Coniah (Jeremiah 22:24 , Jeremiah 22:28 ). Compare 2 Kings 24:8 . The "Je" (= Jehovah) being cut off from his name.
eight years. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "eight", but 2 Kings 24:8 reads "eighteen". The "eighteen" must include his co-regency, the "eight" to his reigning alone. This practice was common in Israel and Judah as well as in ancient contemporary kingdoms.
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