21 Now behold, you have [a](A)relied on the [b]support of this broken reed, on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his [c]hand and pierce it. That is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:21 Lit relied for yourself
  2. 2 Kings 18:21 Or staff
  3. 2 Kings 18:21 Lit palm

21 Look, I know you are depending on Egypt,(A) that splintered reed of a staff,(B) which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him.

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

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29 While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho(A) king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.(B)

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33 And (A)Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at (B)Riblah in the land of (C)Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of [a]a hundred talents of silver and [b]a talent of gold.

Jehoiakim Made King by Pharaoh

34 Then Pharaoh Neco made (D)Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of his father Josiah, and he (E)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and [c](F)brought him to Egypt, and he died there. 35 So Jehoiakim (G)gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he assessed the land in order to give the money at the [d]command of Pharaoh. He collected the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his assessment, to give to Pharaoh Neco.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:33 About 3.75 tons or 3.4 metric tons
  2. 2 Kings 23:33 About 75 lb. or 34 kg
  3. 2 Kings 23:34 As in LXX; MT he came
  4. 2 Kings 23:35 Lit mouth

33 Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah(A) in the land of Hamath(B) so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents[a] of silver and a talent[b] of gold. 34 Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim(C) son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, and there he died.(D) 35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so, he taxed the land and exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land according to their assessments.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:33 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
  2. 2 Kings 23:33 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

19 To (A)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, and all his people;

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19 Pharaoh king(A) of Egypt,(B) his attendants, his officials and all his people,

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