NEHUSHTA

ne-hush'-ta (nechushta'): Mother of King Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:8). She was the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. After the fall of the city she was exiled with her son and his court (2 Kings 24:12; Jeremiah 29:2).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.