There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen 3 years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. 4 He did evil in the sight of 5 the Lord.
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2 tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).
3 tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.”
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5 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”