Est 2:6 | TNotes | STEP | 2:6 His family (literally He ): Since King Jehoiachin was exiled in 597 BC (2 Kgs 24:6-16 ), over 100 years earlier, it was probably one of Mordecai’s ancestors who was part of the group taken into Babylonian captivity.

b2 Kgs 24:6-16►

‏ Esther 2:6

2:6 ^a His family (literally He): Since King Jehoiachin was exiled in 597 BC (2 Kgs 24:6-16 ^b), over 100 years earlier, it was probably one of Mordecai’s ancestors who was part of the group taken into Babylonian captivity.