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. 30 (D)His servants drove [a]his body in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. (E)Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:30 Lit him, dead

Jehoiakim Made King by Pharaoh

34 Pharaoh Neco made (A)Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and (B)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and [a](C)brought him to Egypt, and he died there.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:34 So with Gr; Heb he came

Jehoiachin Reigns

So (A)Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

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12 (A)Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. So (B)the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.

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But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him. Then (A)they captured the king and (B)brought him to the king of Babylon at (C)Riblah, and [a]he passed sentence on him. (D)They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then (E)put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.

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  1. 2 Kings 25:6 Lit they spoke judgment with him