2 Kings 23:34

Jehoiakim Made King by Pharaoh

34 Pharaoh Neco made 1Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and 2changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and 3brought him to Egypt, and he died there.

2 Kings 23:34 In-Context

32 He did evil in the sight of the LORD , according to all that his fathers had done.
33 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
34 Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and brought him to Egypt, and he died there.
35 So Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to give the money at the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his valuation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah

Cross References 3

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 3:15
  • 2. 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Chronicles 36:4
  • 3. Jeremiah 22:11, 12; Ezekiel 19:3, 4

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. So with Gr; Heb "he came"
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