1
The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
2
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3
Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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.
5
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.