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The people of Judah chose Josiah's son Joahaz and made him king. Joahaz was twenty-three years old,
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and he ruled Judah and Jerusalem for three months. Then the king of Egypt deposed him
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and made the nation pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold as tribute.
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The king of Egypt appointed Joahaz's brother Jehoiakim king of Judah and Jerusalem.
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Jehoiakim put the leading men of the nation in prison, then had his brother Zarius arrested and brought back from Egypt.
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Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king of Judah and Jerusalem. He sinned against the Lord.
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King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, captured Jehoiakim, and took him to Babylonia in bronze chains.
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Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the sacred utensils from the Temple and put them in his own temple in Babylon.
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The stories about Jehoiakim, his depravity, and the godless way he lived are recorded in [The Chronicles of the Kings.]
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Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he succeeded his father Jehoiakim as king,
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and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He too sinned against the Lord.