30 [ch. 9:28] And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from [See ver. 29above] Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. For ver. 30-34, see 2 Chr. 36:1-4And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
Jehoahaz’s Reign and Captivity
31 [1 Chr. 3:15;Jer. 22:11] Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was ch. 24:18Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, [ch. 24:9,19]according to all that his fathers had done. 33 And [See ver. 29above] Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at ch. 25:6,20,21;Jer. 39:5,6;52:9,10,26,27Riblah in the land of See 1 Kgs. 8:65Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents23:33 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms of silver and a talent of gold. 34 And [See ver. 29above] Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and [ch. 24:17;Dan. 1:7] changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, Jer. 22:11,12;[Ezek. 19:3,4]and he came to Egypt and died there. 35 And Jehoiakim ver. 33gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.