1
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
2
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3
The king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4
The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried 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 that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.