2 Kings 23:31-33
New American Standard Bible
31 (A)Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was (B)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, (C)in accordance with all that his forefathers had done. 33 And (D)Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at (E)Riblah in the land of (F)Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of [a]a hundred talents of silver and [b]a talent of gold.
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- 2 Kings 23:33 About 3.75 tons or 3.4 metric tons
- 2 Kings 23:33 About 75 lb. or 34 kg
2 Kings 23:31-33
New English Translation
Jehoahaz’s Reign over Judah
31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother[a] was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. 32 He did evil in the sight of[b] the Lord as his ancestors had done.[c] 33 Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him in Riblah in the land of Hamath and prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem.[d] He imposed on the land a special tax[e] of 100 talents[f] of silver and a talent of gold.
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- 2 Kings 23:31 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
- 2 Kings 23:32 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
- 2 Kings 23:32 tn Heb “according to all that his fathers had done.”
- 2 Kings 23:33 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has “when [he was] ruling in Jerusalem,” but the marginal reading (Qere), which has support from Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin witnesses, has “[preventing him] from ruling in Jerusalem.”
- 2 Kings 23:33 tn Or “fine.”
- 2 Kings 23:33 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “almost four tons of silver and about seventy-five pounds of gold.”
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