1
Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.
2
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3
Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
4
The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.
5
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.