⁴ And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt.

³³ And ^(A)Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at ^(B)Riblah in the land of ^(C)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 ^(D)Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and ^(E)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, ^(F)and he came to Egypt and died there.

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, ¹² but ^(B)in the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again.”

^6 (A)Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^(B)and bound him in chains ^(C)to take him to Babylon.

¹⁸ Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

Jehoahaz's Reign and Captivity

^31 (A)Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was ^(B)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.