Jehoahaz[a] 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[b] of silver and 75 pounds[c] of gold.

Judah’s King Jehoiakim

Then Neco king 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[d] and brought him to Egypt.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:2 = Joahaz
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:3 Lit 100 talents
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:3 Lit one talent
  4. 2 Chronicles 36:4 = Joahaz

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