Jehoiachin Taken Captive to Babylon

9 Jehoiachin was eighteen[1] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

Other Translations of 2 Chronicles 36:9

King James Version

Jehoiachin Taken Captive to Babylon

9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

English Standard Version

Jehoiachin Taken Captive to Babylon

9 Jehoiachin was eighteenSeptuagint (compare 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

The Message

Jehoiachin Taken Captive to Babylon

9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king. But he ruled for only three months and ten days in Jerusalem. In God's opinion he was an evil king.

New King James Version

Jehoiachin Taken Captive to Babylon

9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

New Living Translation

Jehoiachin Taken Captive to Babylon

9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. Jehoiachin did what was evil in the Lord 's sight.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 36:9

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 36:1-21

(Read 2 Chronicles 36:1-21)

The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion toward them, and his unwillingness that any should perish. See here what woful havoc sin makes, and, as we value the comfort and continuance of our earthly blessings, let us keep that worm from the root of them. They had many times ploughed and sowed their land in the seventh year, when it should have rested, and now it lay unploughed and unsown for ten times seven years. God will be no loser in his glory at last, by the disobedience of men. If they refused to let the land rest, God would make it rest. What place, O God, shall thy justice spare, if Jerusalem has perished? If that delight of thine were cut off for wickedness, let us not be high-minded, but fear.