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Joahaz Reigns over Judah

36 (A)Then the people of the land took [a](B)Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem. [b]Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Then the king of Egypt had him removed in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred [c]talents of silver and one talent of gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:1 Lit Jehoahaz, cf. 36:2; 2 Kin 23:30
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:2 Shortened form of Jehoahaz, cf. 36:1; 2 Kin 23:30
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:3 A talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg