2 Chronicles 36:1

Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, then Jehoiachin Rule

1 ¹Then the people of the land took ²Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.

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

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 36:1)

2 Chronicles 36:1 In-Context

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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 23:30-34
• 2. Jeremiah 22:11

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. short form of Jehoahaz