2 Kings 23:29–24:7

^29*fIn his days ^gPharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at ^hMegiddo, when he ⁱhad seen him. ^30kAnd his servants carried him in a chariot ^ldead from ^hMegiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And ^mthe people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

^31||Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was ⁿHamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of ^oLibnah. ³²And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. ³³And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at ^pRiblah in the land of ^qHamath, ^||that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and ^†put the land to a tribute of ^ran hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. ³⁴And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and ^sturned his name to ^*Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came ^tto Egypt, and died there. ³⁵And Jehoiakim gave ^uthe silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he ^xtaxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.

^36*yJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of ^zRumah. ^37aAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

24In ^ahis days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant ^bthree years: then he turned and rebelled against him. ^2*cAnd the Lord sent against him ^dbands of the Chaldees, and ^debands of the Syrians, and ^efbands of the Moabites, and bands of ^gthe children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^haccording to the word of the Lord, which he spake ^†by his servants the prophets. ³Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, ⁱfor the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; ⁴And also for ^jthe innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon. ^5k*Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ⁶So Jehoiakim ^lslept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. ⁷And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for ^mthe king of Babylon had taken from the ⁿriver of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.