³⁰Josiah’s servants brought his body in a chariot^k from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

Jehoahaz King of Judah

23:31–34pp—2Ch 36:2–4

³¹Jehoahaz^l was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal^m daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. ³²He did evilⁿ in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done. ³³Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah^o in the land of Hamath^p so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents^c of silver and a talent^d of gold. 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 ³⁵Jehoiakim 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

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Footnotes

cThat is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
dThat is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

Cross references

kSee 2 Ki 9:28
l 1 Ch 3:15; Jer 22:11
m 2 Ki 24:18
n 1 Ki 15:26
oSee Nu 34:11
p 1 Ki 8:65
q 2 Ki 24:6; 1 Ch 3:15; 2 Ch 36:5–8; Jer 1:3
r Jer 22:12
s Jer 2:16