Jahoiachin. Called also Jeconiah (1 Chronicles 3:16) and Coniah (Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 22:28). Compare 2 Kings 24:8. The "Je" (= Jehovah) being cut off from his name.
eight years. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "eight", but 2 Kings 24:8 reads "eighteen". The "eighteen" must include his co-regency, the "eight" to his reigning alone. This practice was common in Israel and Judah as well as in ancient contemporary kingdoms.