2 Kings 23:34–24:1

JUDAH’S KING JEHOIAKIM

³⁴Then^o Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim^p son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim.^q But Neco took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there.^{r 35}So Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but at Pharaoh’s command he taxed the land to give it. He exacted the silver and the gold from the common people, each according to his assessment,^s to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

³⁶Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah. ³⁷He did what was evil^t in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestors had done.

JEHOIAKIM’S REBELLION AND DEATH

24During^u Jehoiakim’s reign,^v King Nebuchadnezzar^w of Babylon^x attacked.^y Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, and then he turned and rebelled against him.