"Jehoahaz {was} twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his moth…" — 2 Kings 23:31

2 Kings 23:31 · KJV

“Jehoahaz {was} twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. {Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum}”

— 2 Kings 23:31

Verse 30

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

Verse 32

And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

2 Kings 23 — Context

In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

Jehoahaz {was} twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. {Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum}

And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. {that...: or, because he reigned} {put the...: Heb. set a fine upon the land}

Cross References

Jeremiah 22:11

For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

1 Chronicles 3:15

And the sons of Josiah {were}, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. {Johanan: or, Jehoahaz} {Jehoiakim: or, Eliakim} {Zedekiah: or, Mattaniah}

2 Kings 24:18

Zedekiah {was} twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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