2 Kings 24 · Verse 12

2 Kings 24:12

And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
2 Kings 24:12, King James Version

2 Kings 24:12 in other translations

BSBJehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
WEBand Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign.
ASVand Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
YLTand Jehoiachin king of Judah goeth out unto the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his chiefs, and his eunuchs, and the king of Babylon taketh him in the eighth year of his reign,
DARBYAnd Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his chamberlains; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
BBEThen Jehoiachin, king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, with his mother and his servants and his chiefs and his unsexed servants; and in the eighth year of his rule the king of Babylon took him.
WebsterAnd Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

What does 2 Kings 24:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 24:10-16

10-13. At that time--within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hopelessness of making any…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Jehoiachin - went out - He saw that it was useless to attempt to defend himself any longer; and he therefore surrendered himself, hoping to obtain better terms.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 24:8-20

Jehoiachin reigned but three months, yet long enough to show that he justly smarted for his fathers' sins, for he trod in their steps. His uncle was intrusted with the government. This Zedekiah was the last of the kings of Judah. Though the judgments of God upon the three kings before him might have warned him, he did that which was evil, like them. When those intrusted with the counsels of a nation act unwisely…

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2 Kings 24:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּצֵ֞אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
יְהוֹיָכִ֤יןye.ho.ya.KhinJehoiachinH3078
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
עַל\־'al-toH5921
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶ֔לba.VelBabylonH894
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931
וְאִמּ֔וֹve.'i.Moand mother hisH517
וַעֲבָדָ֖יוva.'a.va.Davand servants hisH5650
וְשָׂרָ֣יוve.sa.Ravand officials hisH8269
וְסָֽרִיסָ֑יוve.sa.ri.Savand court-officials hisH5631
וַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֹתוֹ֙'o.To<obj.> himH853
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶ֔לba.VelBabylonH894
בִּשְׁנַ֥תbish.Natin yearH8141
שְׁמֹנֶ֖הshe.mo.NeheightH8083
לְמָלְכֽוֹ\׃le.ma.le.Khoof reigning hisH4427

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Cross references for 2 Kings 24:12

  • Jeremiah 52:28

    This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

  • Jeremiah 24:1

    The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 29:1-2

    Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)

  • 2 Chronicles 36:10

    And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kings 25:27

    And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

  • Ezekiel 17:12

    Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

  • Jeremiah 25:1

    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

  • Jeremiah 38:17-18

    Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

  • Jeremiah 52:31

    And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

  • Jeremiah 22:24-30

    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; And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jehoiachin.
2Ch 36:10; Jer 24:1; 29:1,2; 38:17,18; Eze 17:12
officers. or, eunuchs. took him.
25:27; Jer 52:28,31
eigth year."Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year."
Jer 25:1; 52:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 24:11

    And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

  • 2 Kings 24:12

    And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

  • 2 Kings 24:13

    And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

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2 Kings 24:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces salió Joachîn rey de Judá al rey de Babilonia, él, y su madre, y sus siervos, y sus príncipes, y sus eunucos: y prendiólo el rey de Babilonia en el octavo año de su reinado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Jehoïakin, roi de Juda, sortit vers le roi de Babylone, lui, et sa mère, et ses serviteurs, et ses chefs, et ses eunuques; et le roi de Babylone le prit, la huitième année de son règne.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jojakin, der König von Juda, ging zu dem König von Babel hinaus, er und seine Mutter und seine Knechte und seine Obersten und seine Kämmerer; und der König von Babel nahm ihn gefangen im achten Jahre seiner Regierung.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Egressusque est Joachin rex Juda ad regem Babylonis, ipse et mater ejus, et servi ejus, et principes ejus, et eunuchi ejus: et suscepit eum rex Babylonis anno octavo regni sui.