²¹ Now behold, you ^[a](A)rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his ^[b]hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

^29 (A)In his days ^(B)Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. And King Josiah went to meet him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw him he killed him at ^(C)Megiddo.

^33 (A)Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at ^(B)Riblah in the land of ^(C)Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Jehoiakim Made King by Pharaoh

³⁴ Pharaoh Neco made ^(D)Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and ^(E)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and ^[a](F)brought him to Egypt, and he died there. ³⁵ So Jehoiakim ^(G)gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to give the money at the ^[b]command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his valuation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

^19 (A)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people;