On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
In the fifth day of the month,.... The month Tammuz, as before: (which was the fifth year of Jehoiachin's captivity); the same with Jeconiah and Coniah, as he is sometimes called; he was taken by the king of Babylon, when he had reigned but three months, and his captivity held seven and thirty years, Kg2 24:8.
Jehoiachin's captivity--In the third or fourth year of Jehoiakim, father of Jehoiachin, the first carrying away of Jewish captives to Babylon took place, and among them was Daniel. The second was under Jehoiachin, when Ezekiel was carried away. The third and final one was at the taking of Jerusalem under Zedekiah.
Jehoiachin's captivity - Called also Jeconiah and Coniah; see Kg2 24:12. He was carried away by Nebuchadnezzar; see Kg2 24:14.