[¹] Or, palace.
7. of the vessels] There is no mention in 2 Kings of the removal of sacred vessels during Jehoiakim’s reign. Some were carried off under Jehoiachin, the rest under Zedekiah; 2 Kings xxiv. 13, xxv. 13–17. Compare last note.
in his temple] So LXX.; 1 Esdras i. 39 [41]; Daniel i. 2. Note the margin, “in his palace.” The Hebrew word (heykāl) is a loan-word; the original (ikallu) is the ordinary word in Assyrio-Babylonian for “palace.”
⁸Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in[¹] him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin[²] his son reigned in his stead.
[¹] Or, against.
[²] In 1 Chronicles iii. 16, Jeconiah. In Jeremiah xxii. 24, Coniah.
8. that which was found in him] i.e. his sin (in this context); compare 1 Kings xiv. 13.
of Israel and Judah] The LXX. (but not 1 Esdras) adds here “And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of Uzza with his fathers.”
9, 10 (= 1 Esdras i. 43–45; compare 2 Kings xxiv. 8–17).
The Reign of Jehoiachin.
The account given in 2 Kings contains much that is not given in Chronicles and, in particular, many details of the first captivity of Judah.