Judah’s King Jehoahaz

36 Then(A) the common people[a] took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

Jehoahaz[b] was 23 years old when he became king and reigned three months in Jerusalem. The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land 7,500 pounds[c] of silver and 75 pounds[d] of gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:1 Lit the people of the land
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:2 = Joahaz
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:3 Lit 100 talents
  4. 2 Chronicles 36:3 Lit one talent

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