Judah's Decline

36 ^(A)The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.

Message to the Sons of Josiah

¹¹ For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and ^(A)who went away from this place: “He shall return here no more,

²⁵ But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

Uzziah Reigns in Judah

26 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

¹⁵ The sons of Josiah: ^(A)Johanan the firstborn, the second ^(B)Jehoiakim, the third ^(C)Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

^30 (A)And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from ^(B)Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. ^(C)And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.

Jehoahaz's Reign and Captivity

^31 (D)Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was ^(E)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ³² And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(F)according to all that his fathers had done. ³³ And ^(G)Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at ^(H)Riblah in the land of ^(I)Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents^[a] of silver and a talent of gold. ³⁴ And ^(J)Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and ^(K)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, ^(L)and he came to Egypt and died there. ³⁵ And Jehoiakim ^(M)gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

^36 (N)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. ³⁷ And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(O)according to all that his fathers had done.