2Jehoahaz[] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned as king in Jerusalem for three months.
3The king of Egypt removed him from the kingship in Jerusalem. He also imposed on the land a penalty of one hundred talents of silver and a talent[] of gold. 4The king of Egypt made Eliakim, Jehoahaz's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim's brother, and carried him off to Egypt.
Footnotes
36:2Here and in verse 4 in the Hebrew the alternate spelling Joahaz is used.