²⁹In Josiah’s days Pharaoh Necoh (the king of Egypt) came to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went to attack Necoh. When Pharaoh saw him at Megiddo, Pharaoh killed him. ³⁰His officers put his dead body in a chariot and brought it from Megiddo to Jerusalem. They buried Josiah in his tomb.

King Jehoahaz of Judah—2 Chronicles 36:1–4

Then the people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father. ³¹Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he was king for 3 months in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. ³²He did what the Lord considered evil, as his ancestors had done. ³³Pharaoh Necoh made him a prisoner at Riblah in the territory of Hamath during his reign^cin Jerusalem and fined the country 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.

³⁴Then Pharaoh Necoh made Josiah’s son Eliakim king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, where he died. ³⁵Jehoiakim gave Pharaoh the silver and the gold. But he had to tax the country to pay the silver Pharaoh had demanded. He taxed each person according to his wealth so that he could get the silver and gold from the people of the land and give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

King Jehoiakim of Judah—2 Chronicles 36:5–8

³⁶Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to rule, and he was king for 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah. ³⁷Jehoiakim did what the Lord considered evil, as his ancestors had done.

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Footnotes

c 23:33 Or “to keep him from ruling.”