So: The common Hebrew conjunction here does not necessarily imply a logical relationship in this context as Revised Standard Version seems to indicate. In certain versions (Revised English Bible, New American Bible, New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh) it is omitted altogether. If an overt rendering is desired, it will be better to have a temporal connector like “Then” (New Jerusalem Bible).

Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: See the comments at 1 Kgs 1.21 and 2.10. According to some interpretations and translations of 2 Chr 36.6 (for example, Revised English Bible and New Jerusalem Bible), Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiakim as a prisoner to Babylon, just as he later took Jehoiachin and Zedekiah as prisoners to Babylon. But the implication of this verse in 2 Kings is that Jehoiakim died in Jerusalem, although this should not be made explicit in translation.

Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead: See the comments at 1 Kgs 14.31. Regarding the various names in Hebrew for Jehoiachin, see the discussion in Appendix B, “Who’s Who among the Kings.”

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Kings, Volume 2. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2008. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .