1
The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king to succeed his father in Jerusalem.
2
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3
Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
4
The king of Egypt made his brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and carried him to Egypt.
5
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
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