Jason,
I don't know what to say. Am I being clear with my question? The problem at hand, that being whether or not Jehoiachin was 18 years old or 8 years old when he became king, as a first look at 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles seems to suggest, is not based upon textual variants among manuscripts within the Hebrew text of 2 Kings 24. The problem is the discrepancy between two separate verses in the Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings 24 = 18 years old; 2 Chronicles 36 = 8 years old. I would venture a guess that the translations are trying to reconcile the two passages by choosing the reading of one verse over the other. Again, my question has to do with 2 Chronicles 36. How do you reconcile it with the record of 2 Kings 24? It does not matter what english translations have rendered in 2 Kings 24, or what any other ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible has at 2 Kings 24. The problem is with 2 Chronicles 36, that states specifically that the king was 8 years old. When you researched your book, what did it conclude about the reading in 2 Chronicles? That is my question.

Honestly, I do not mean to be contentious, so if anyone else who has been reading this thinks I am not being clear, please help me out.

To be truthful with you Jason, and I don't mean this to be offensive, but if this is the kind of answers you provide in your book, I don't understand how you can honestly expect people to benefit from it. Your answers give the impression that your book was composed from a facile study.

Fred

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