He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass - i:e., he shall have the same burial as an donkey would get-namely, he shall be left a prey for beasts and birds (Jerome). This is not formally narrated; but 2 Chronicles 36:6 states that "Nebuchadnezzar bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon:" his treatment there is nowhere mentioned. The prophecy here and in Jeremiah 36:30 harmonizes these two facts. He was slain by Nebuchadnezzar who changed his purpose of taking him to Babylon, on the way there, and left him unburied outside Jerusalem. 2 Kings 24:6, Jehoiakim slept with his father, does not contradict this; it simply expresses his being gathered to his fathers by death, not his being buried with his fathers (Psalms 49:19); The two phrases ("slept with his fathers," and "was buried with his fathers") are found together as expressing two distinct ideas (2 Kings 15:38; 2 Kings 16:20).