Judah’s King Jehoahaz

36 Then(A) the common people[a] took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

Jehoahaz[b] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land seventy-five hundred pounds[c] of silver and seventy-five pounds[d] of gold.

Judah’s King Jehoiakim

Then King Neco of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 36:1 Lit the people of the land
  2. 36:2 = Joahaz, also in v. 4
  3. 36:3 Lit 100 talents
  4. 36:3 Lit one talent

Jehoahaz Becomes King(A)

36 After this, the people of the land installed Josiah’s son Jehoahaz in Jerusalem as king to take his father’s place. Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem, after which the king of Egypt dethroned him and imposed a fine on the land of 100 talents[a] of silver and one talent[b] of gold. King Neco of Egypt installed Jehoahaz’s[c] brother Eliakim as king over Judah and Jerusalem, changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim, and took his brother Joahaz back to Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:3 I.e. about 7,500 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:3 I.e. about 75 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:4 Lit. his