Esther 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Who had been ... — The antecedent is obviously Kish, though as far as the mere grammar goes it might have been Mordecai.

Jeconiah. — That is, Jehoiachin. (See 2 Kings 24:12-16.)

Nebuchadnezzar ... had carried away. — This was in 598 B.C., 117 years before this time, so that the four generations are readily accounted for.

Esther 2:6

6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiaha king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.