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Jehoiachin: King of Judah and Successor to Jehoiakim 2 Kings 24:6–8

And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place. / Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River. / Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

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Jehoiachin: King of Judah and Successor to Jehoiakim 2 Chronicles 36:8, 9

As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place. / Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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