Jehoiachin did evil in the sight of the Lord.

Although Jehoiachin reigned for a short period of three months and ten days (three months), he did evil in the sight of God according to all that his father had done (2 Kgs 24:9; 2 Chr 36:9). His mother’s name Nehushta means “copper,” “fetters,” “uncleanness,” “lust,” and “harlotry.”

God judged Judah by allowing Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to besiege it for a second time in the eighth year of his reign (2 Kgs 24:10-12). Although Jehoiachin, along with with his mother, his servants, captains, and officials, surrendered to the king of Babylon, the king and all the main leaders of Judah were taken captive to Babylon. Only the poorest people of the land were left (2 Kgs 24:12-16).

Ezekiel 19:5 alluded to Jeconiah as a “young lion.” Moreover, verse 6 describes, “he learned to tear his prey; he devoured men,” indicating that he disobeyed God and oppressed his people. Ultimately, during the second invasion by Babylon in 597 BC, he was put in “a cage with hooks” and brought to the king of Babylon (Ezek 19:8-9).

Jehoiachin was released from prison and restored to his throne in the thirty-seventh year of the exile.

King Jehoiachin was released from prison on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month in the thirty-seventh year of his exile. This was the year that Nebuchezzar’s son Evil-merodach became king of Babylon (2 Kgs 25:27, Ref- Jer 53:31-34; twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month). The king of Babylon released him from prison and made him change his prison clothes. He also allowed him to have all his meals in the king’s presence regularly all the days of his life, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings. He also provided Jehoiachin with everything he needed all the days of his life (2 Kgs 25:27-30; Jer 52:31-34). Second Kings 25:30 states, “And for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life." These measures were bestowed upon Jehoiachin in accordance with Jeremiah’s prophecy that anyone who surrenders to Babylon will live, but those who resist to the end will be captured and killed (Ref - Jer 21:9; 27:8, 11-12, 17; 38:2, 17-21). Jehoiachin was only one among all the kings of Judah who went to the Babylonian king and surrendered (2 Kgs 24:12).

Jehoiachin, who became king at the age of eighteen, reigned for a mere three months and ten days before he was taken captive to Babylon (2 Kgs 24:8). He was in his mid-fifties when he was restored to his throne.

...anyone who surrenders to Babylon will live, but those who resist to the end will be captured and killed...

He probably contemplated many things and repented during the thirty-seven years of imprisonment away from his country. It is likely that he realized no one other than God could raise him up again to his position after thirty-seven years of exile. By concluding the book of 2 Kings with the restoration of Jehoiachin, God instilled hope for the people of Judah who were still in exile. He was assuring them that He will restore them if they gain understanding, repent, and persevere to the end.

Let us also persevere with faith until our Lord returns in glory!