According to 2 Kings 24:8, he became king upon the death of his father, Jehoiakim, at the age of eighteen and reigned for only three months and ten days. However, most Hebrew versions, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac versions of 2 Chronicles 36:9 give the age when he became king as eight, compared with other versions which give it as eighteen (eg., 2 Chronicles 36:9). The Vulgate has the discrepancy, which the Challenor note in the Douay-Rheims Bible reconciles the discrepancy: "He was associated by his father to the kingdom, when he was but eight years old; but after his father's death, when he reigned alone, he was eighteen years old." Edwin Thiele dates Jeconiah's short reign to 598/597 BC. He was deposed by the Babylonians at the end of the first siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadne