2 Reis 23:30

30 De Megido os seus servos o levaram morto num carro, e o trouxeram a Jerusalém, onde o sepultaram no seu sepulcro. E o povo da terra tomou a Jeoacaz, filho de Josias, ungiram-no, e o fizeram rei em lugar de seu pai.

2 Reis 23:30 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:30

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo,
&c.] They took him out of the chariot in which he was wounded, and put him into another, where he died of his wounds by the way; being mortally wounded, he is said to be dead, or a dead man, see ( 2 Chronicles 35:24 )

and brought him to Jerusalem;
which, according to Bunting ^F2, was forty four miles from Megiddo:

and buried him in his own sepulchre;
which either he had provided for himself in his lifetime, or which in common belonged to the kings of Judah, see ( 2 Chronicles 35:24 )

and the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and
anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead;
though he was not the eldest son, Jehoiakim, who was afterwards placed in his room, being two years older, as appears from ( 2 Kings 23:31 2 Kings 23:36 ) and this is the reason, as the Jewish commentators in general agree, that he was anointed; which they say was never done to the son of a king, unless there was a competitor, or some objection to, or dispute about, the succession, as in the case of Solomon and others.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Travels p. 188.

2 Reis 23:30 In-Context

28 Ora, o restante dos atos de Josias, e tudo quanto fez, por ventura não estão escritos no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?

29 Nos seus dias subiu Faraó-Neco, rei do Egito, contra o rei da Assíria, ao rio Eufrates. E o rei Josias lhe foi ao encontro; e Faraó-Neco o matou em Megido, logo que o viu.

30 De Megido os seus servos o levaram morto num carro, e o trouxeram a Jerusalém, onde o sepultaram no seu sepulcro. E o povo da terra tomou a Jeoacaz, filho de Josias, ungiram-no, e o fizeram rei em lugar de seu pai.

31 Jeoacaz tinha vinte e três anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou três meses em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Hamutal, filha de Jeremias, de Libna.

32 Ele fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, conforme tudo o que seus pais haviam feito.