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Before him there was no king ^(C1)like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart, all his soul, and all his might, in conformity to all the Law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.

Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, ^(C1)because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.

And the LORD said, "I will also remove Judah from My sight, ^(C1)just as I have removed Israel. And ^(C2)I will reject this city which I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the ^(F1)temple of which I said, 'My name shall be there!'"

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

^(C1)In his days ^(C2)Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria at the river Euphrates. And King Josiah went to meet him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw him he killed him at ^(C3)Megiddo.

^(C1)His servants carried ^(F1)his body in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. ^(C2)Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

^(C1)Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was ^(C2)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD, ^(C1)in accordance with all that his forefathers had done.

And ^(C1)Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at ^(C2)Riblah in the land of ^(C3)Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of ^(F1)a hundred talents of silver and ^(F2)a talent of gold.

Then Pharaoh Neco made ^(C1)Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of his father Josiah, and he ^(C2)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and ^(F1)(C3)brought him to Egypt, and he died there.

So Jehoiakim ^(C1)gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he assessed the land in order to give the money at the ^(F1)command of Pharaoh. He collected the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his assessment, to give to Pharaoh Neco.

^(C1)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD, ^(C1)in accordance with all that his forefathers had done.