³⁴ Then ^(A)Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and ^(B)changed his name to ^(C)Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz ^(D)and went to Egypt, and ^[a]he died there.

Message to the Sons of Josiah

¹¹ For thus says the Lord concerning ^(A)Shallum^[a] the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, ^(B)who went from this place: “He shall not return here anymore, ¹² but he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

¹⁵ The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second ^[a]Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth ^[b]Shallum.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah^(A)

¹⁷ Then ^(B)the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, ^(C)Jehoiachin’s^[a] uncle, king in his place, and ^(D)changed his name to Zedekiah.

^7 (A)To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names: ^(B)he gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abed-Nego.

³ Now the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. ⁴ Then the king of Egypt made ^[a]Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took ^[b]Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.

¹⁸ Then it passed along toward the north side of ^[a]Arabah, and went down to Arabah.

⁴⁵ And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name ^[a]Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife ^(A)Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.