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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.