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Jehoiakim Made King by Pharaoh

34 Then Pharaoh Neco made (A)Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father and (B)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and [a](C)brought him to Egypt, and he died there.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:34 As in Gr; Heb he came

18 Therefore thus says Yahweh in regard to (A)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah,

“They will not (B)lament for him:
(C)Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’
They will not lament for him:
‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’

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