2 Kings 23:28-34

Evangelical Heritage Version

Josiah’s Death

²⁸ As for the rest of Josiah’s acts and everything he did, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Judah?

²⁹ In his days, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went to join the king of Assyria for war at the Euphrates River.^[a] King Josiah went to meet Neco in battle, but Neco killed King Josiah at Megiddo when he faced him. ³⁰ His servants transported his body from Megiddo to Jerusalem in a chariot, and they buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him. They made him king in his father’s place.

Jehoahaz Son of Josiah, King of Judah

³¹ Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. ³² He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, like all that his fathers had done.

³³ Pharoah Neco imprisoned him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, so that he could not rule as king in Jerusalem. Neco levied tribute on the land of one hundred talents^[b] of silver and one talent^[c] of gold. ³⁴ Then Pharaoh Neco set up Eliakim son of Josiah as king in place of his father Josiah. But he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Then he took Jehoahaz to Egypt, and Jehoahaz died there.