When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the next king.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
- KJV So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
- BSB And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
- NKJV So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
- NASB So Jehoiakim lay down with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
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Quick answer
Jehoiakim dies and his son Jehoiachin succeeds him. The throne passes amid Babylon's tightening grip.
Overview
Jehoiakim 'slept with his fathers,' and Jehoiachin takes the throne on the eve of Babylon's assault on Jerusalem. Jeremiah had foretold that Jehoiakim would have no honorable burial (Jer. 22:18-19), and the brevity of this notice fits that disgrace. The succession leads directly into the first great deportation.
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Cross-references · 4
- Jer 22:18–19Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They shall not lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ They shall not lament for him, saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’
- 2 Chr 36:6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
- Jer 36:30Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He will have no one to sit on David’s throne. His dead body will be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
- 2 Chr 36:8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
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