2 Chronicles 36:1

1 And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

2 Chronicles 36:1 in Other Translations

1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

1 The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.

1 Then the people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and made him the next king in Jerusalem.

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1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

1 Then people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

1 Then the common people took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

1 The people of the land went and got Jehoahaz. He was the son of Josiah. The people made Jehoahaz king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

2 Chronicles 36:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1-13. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of
2 Chronicles 36:2

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2 Chronicles 36:1 In-Context

1 And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

3 The king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

4 The king of Egypt made Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Chronicles 22:1