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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 36:6 | 2 Chronicles 36:8 | Jeremiah 22:18 | Jeremiah 22:19 | Jeremiah 36:30

Jehoiachin: 2 Chronicles 36:6 | 2 Chronicles 36:8 | Jeremiah 22:18 | Jeremiah 22:19 | Jeremiah 36:30