New Revised Standard Version
So Jehoiakim slept with his ancestors; then his son Jehoiachin succeeded him.

Contemporary English Version
Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin became king.

New American Bible
Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joachin, his son, reigned in his stead.

And Joachin, his son, reigned in his stead.

A.

3405. B.C.

599. slept As Jehoiakim was 'buried with the burial of an ass,' by being 'drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem,' without internment, the expression 'slept with his fathers,' can only mean that the died, or slept the sleep of death. In the East, a body exposed during the night would be a prey to wild animals; if any of it were left till the morning, the carnivorous birds would devour it.

2 Chronicles 26:6,8 Moreover he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Geth, and the wall of Jabnia, and the wall of Azotus: and he built towns in Azotus, and among the Philistines. . . .

Jeremiah 22:18,19 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda: They shall not mourn for him, Alas, my brother, and, Alas, sister: they shall not lament for him, Alas, my lord, or, Alas, the noble one. . . .

Jeremiah 36:30 Therefore thus saith the Lord against Joakim the king of Juda: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day, and to the frost by night.

Jehoiachin.