Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Kings 24:15

"And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king`s mother, and the king`s wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon." — 2 Kings 24:15 (ASV)

And he carried away. —The form of the verb is different from that in 2 Kings 24:14. We might render: “Yea, he carried away;” for 2 Kings 24:15–16 simply give the particulars of what was stated generally in 2 Kings 24:14. In the present verse the “princes” are defined.

He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother. —Fulfilment of Jeremiah 22:24-27.

The mighty of the land. —So the Targum, “the magnates of the land.” All who could do so, must have taken refuge in Jerusalem at the approach of the Chaldean army.