2 Chronicles 36:1

The Decline of Judah

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

2 Chronicles 36:1 Meaning and Commentary

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2 Chronicles 36:2

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2 Chronicles 36:1 In-Context

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

2 Jehoahaz [was] twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

3 Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid a tribute upon the land [of] one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.

5 Jehoiakim [was] twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh his God.