30 From Megiddo his servants carried his dead body in a chariot, brought him into Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. 23:30 2Kg 9:28 Then the common people 23:30 Lit the people of the land, also in v. 35 took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father. 23:30 2Ch 36:1
Judah’s King Jehoahaz
31 Jehoahaz 23:31 1Ch 3:15; Jr 22:11 was 23:31–33 2Ch 36:2–3 twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal 23:31 2Kg 24:18 daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 32 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestors had done. 23:32 2Kg 21:2–733 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah 23:33 2Kg 25:6 in the land of Hamath 23:33 1Kg 8:65 to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of seventy-five hundred pounds 23:33 Lit 100 talents of silver and seventy-five pounds 23:33 Lit one talent of gold.
Judah’s King Jehoiakim
34 Then 23:34–37 2Ch 36:4–5 Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim 23:34 1Ch 3:15 son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. 23:34 2Kg 24:17; 2Ch 36:4 But Neco took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there. 23:34 Jr 22:11–12; Ezk 19:3–435 So Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but at Pharaoh’s command he taxed the land to give it. He exacted the silver and the gold from the common people, each according to his assessment, 23:35 Ex 30:12–16; Lv 27:2–8 to give it to Pharaoh Neco.