* A.M. 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.

  2Ch 36:6,8  Jer 22:18,19  36:30 
 * Jehoiachin.
   As this man reigned only three months, and was a mere vassal
   of the king of Babylon, his reign is scarcely reckoned; and
   therefore Jeremiah (ch. 31:30) says of Jehoiakim, "he shall
   have none to sit upon the throne of David."