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Read Full Chapter (2 Kings 24) 2 Kings 24:8 KJV
"Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem."
2 Kings 24:8 in Context (Verses 5–11 KJV)
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¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
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¶ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.*
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
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¶ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.*
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And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.