And Jehoiaehin the king of Judah went out ... — Despairing of the defence, he threw himself upon the clemency of Nebuchadnezzar. The queen-mother (Jeremiah 22:2) and all his grandees and courtiers accompanied the king, who probably hoped to be allowed to keep his throne as a vassal of Babylon.
Took him — i.e., as a prisoner.
In the eighth year of his (i.e., Nebuchadnezzar’s) reign. — This exactly tallies with the data of Jeremiah 25:1; Jeremiah 46:2.