24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, 2 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. 3 Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him. 4
1 tn Heb “heavy force.”
2 tn Heb “In his days.”
3 tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306.
4 tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”