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Jehoahaz[a] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land 3.5 tonnes[b] of silver and 35 kilograms[c] of gold.

Judah’s King Jehoiakim

Then King Neco of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 36:2 = Joahaz, also in v. 4
  2. 36:3 Lit 100 talents
  3. 36:3 Lit one talent