Discovery Box2 Kings 24:12 
Context24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered 1 to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, 2 took Jehoiachin 3 prisoner.
2 Kings 24:16
Context24:16 The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors. 4
2 Kings 25:7-8
Context25:7 Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. 5 The king of Babylon 6 then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.
25:8 On the seventh 7 day of the fifth month, 8 in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard 9 who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. 10
1 tn Heb “came out.”
2 sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597
3 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “the entire [group], mighty men, doers of war.”
5 tn Heb “were killed before his eyes.”
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”
8 sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586
9 tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.
10 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
