2 Chronicles 36:1

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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

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2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to rule. He was king in Jerusalem for a mere three months.

3 The king of Egypt dethroned him and forced the country to pay him nearly four tons of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold.

4 Neco king of Egypt then made Eliakim, Jehoahaz's brother, king of Judah and Jerusalem, but changed his name to Jehoiakim; then he took Jehoahaz back with him to Egypt.

5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to rule; he was king for eleven years in Jerusalem. In God's opinion he was an evil king.