2 Chronicles 36:1-3

Listen to 2 Chronicles 36:1-3

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

Jehoahaz King of Judah

2 Jehoahaz^[a] 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^[b] of silver and a talent^[c] of gold.

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1. S 2 Chronicles 22:1

Footnotes 3

[a] Hebrew "Joahaz," a variant of "Jehoahaz" ; also in verse 4
[b] That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
[c] That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

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