33 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah(A) in the land of Hamath(B) to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of seventy-five hundred pounds[a] of silver and seventy-five pounds[b] of gold.

Judah’s King Jehoiakim

34 Then(C) Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim(D) son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim.(E) But Neco took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there.(F) 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,(G) to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:33 Lit 100 talents
  2. 23:33 Lit one talent

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