2 Reyes 23:30

30 Los oficiales de Josías llevaron su cadáver en un carro desde Meguido hasta Jerusalén y lo sepultaron en su tumba. Entonces el pueblo tomó a Joacaz hijo de Josías, lo ungió y lo proclamó rey en lugar de su padre.

2 Reyes 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 Reyes 23:30 In-Context

28 Los demás acontecimientos del reinado de Josías, y todo lo que hizo, están escritos en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá.

29 En aquel tiempo el faraón Necao, rey de Egipto, fue a encontrarse con el rey de Asiria camino del río Éufrates. El rey Josías le salió al paso, pero Necao le hizo frente en Meguido y lo mató.

30 Los oficiales de Josías llevaron su cadáver en un carro desde Meguido hasta Jerusalén y lo sepultaron en su tumba. Entonces el pueblo tomó a Joacaz hijo de Josías, lo ungió y lo proclamó rey en lugar de su padre.

31 Joacaz tenía veintitrés años cuando ascendió al trono, y reinó en Jerusalén tres meses. Su madre era Jamutal hija de Jeremías, oriunda de Libná.

32 Joacaz hizo lo que ofende al SEÑOR, tal como lo habían hecho sus antepasados.