2 Chronicles 36:2
Verse 2 of 23. The 36th of 36 chapters in 2 Chronicles, in History.
1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
2Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
5Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:2 in the World English Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.Read 2 Chronicles 36:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 36:2
Jehoahaz was set up by the people (v. 1), but in one quarter of a year was deposed by Pharaoh-necho, and carried a prisoner to Egypt, and the land fined for setting him up, v. 2-4. Of this young prince we hear no more.
Read Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 36:1–10: The Destruction of Jerusalem. (b. c. 588.)
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