2 Kings 23:34–24:1

³⁴Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim^q son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, and there he died.^{r 35}Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so, he taxed the land and exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land according to their assessments.^s

Jehoiakim King of Judah

23:36–24:6pp—2Ch 36:5–8

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

24During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar^v king of Babylon invaded^w the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled.^x