2 Kings 24:6
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So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

A.M.

3405. B.C.

599. slept As Jehoiakim was 'buried with the burial of an ass, ' by being 'drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem, ' without internment, the expression 'slept with his fathers, ' can only mean that the died, or slept the sleep of death. In the East, a body exposed during the night would be a prey to wild animals; if any of it were left till the morning, the carnivorous birds would devour it.

2 Chronicles 26:6, 8 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod...

Jeremiah 22:18, 19 Therefore thus said the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying...

Jeremiah 36:30 Therefore thus said the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit on the throne of David...

Jehoiachin. As this man reigned only three months, and was a mere vassal of the king of Babylon, his reign is scarcely reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah (31:30) says of Jehoiakim, 'he shall have none to sit upon the throne of David.'

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Jehoiakim died, as did his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

American King James Version
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

American Standard Version
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joachin his son reigned in his stead.

Darby Bible Translation
And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

English Revised Version
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

World English Bible
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehoiakim lieth with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigneth in his stead.

2 Kings 24:5 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?


Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD 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!
Jeremiah 22:19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 22:24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
Ezekiel 19:1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place. —HCSB

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. —NASB

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. —KJV


Fathers Jehoiachin Jehoi'achin Jehoiakim Jehoi'akim Lieth Reigned Reigneth Rest Rested Slept Stead Succeeded

Fathers Jehoiachin Jehoi'achin Jehoiakim Jehoi'akim Lieth Reigned Reigneth Rest Rested Slept Stead Succeeded

Fathers Jehoiachin Jehoi'achin Jehoiakim Jehoi'akim Lieth Reigned Reigneth Rest Rested Slept Stead Succeeded
2 Kings Chapter 24 Verse 6

Alphabetical: And as became fathers him his in Jehoiachin Jehoiakim king place rested slept So son succeeded with

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