And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon,.... Where he continued at least thirty seven years, 2Ki 25:27and the king's mother; whose name was Nehushta, 2Ki 24:8and the king's wives; for though he was so young, it seems he had many wives, as was the custom of those times; or his "women", who were either his concubines, or servants in his family:and his officers; in his court: and the mighty of the land; the princes and nobles thereof; or "the fools of the land", as the word is written; so the people generally were:those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon; which, according to Bunting , were six hundred and eighty miles distant from each other.
Travels, &c. p.