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THE MESSAGE

2 Chronicles 36:1

By popular choice, Jehoahaz son of Josiah was made king at Jerusalem, succeeding his father.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehoahaz;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jehoahaz;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz;   Necho Ii;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Psalms;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Joahaz;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ezra, Book of;   Joaohaz;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz ;   Shallum ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehoahaz;   Shallum (1);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the common people took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
Hebrew Names Version
Then the people of the land took Yeho'achaz the son of Yoshiyahu, and made him king in his father's place in Yerushalayim.
King James Version
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
New Century Version
The people of Judah chose Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him king in Jerusalem in his father's place.
New English Translation
The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
New American Standard Bible
Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.
World English Bible
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the people of the lande tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and made him king in his fathers steade in Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
Contemporary English Version
After the death of Josiah, the people of Judah crowned his son Jehoahaz their new king.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the people of the land took Y'ho'achaz the son of Yoshiyahu and made him king in his father's place, in Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead, in Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
The people of Judah chose Jehoahaz to be the new king in Jerusalem. Jehoahaz was Josiah's son.
George Lamsa Translation
THEN the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his fathers stead in Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
The people of Judah chose Josiah's son Joahaz and anointed him king in Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king instead of his father in Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the people of the londe toke Ioahas the sonne of Iosias, and made him kynge in his fathers steade at Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the people of the lande toke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosia, and made hym king in his fathers steade in Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
Then the people of the land tooke Iehoahaz the son of Iosiah, and made him King in his fathers stead in Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and anointed him, and made him king over Jerusalem in the room of his father.
English Revised Version
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the puple of the lond took Joachaz, the sone of Josie, and ordeynede hym kyng for his fadir in Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
New King James Version
2 Kings 23:31-33">[xr] Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
Then the people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him the next king in Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king to succeed his father in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, - and made him king instead of his father, in Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made him king instead of his father in Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
The people of the land took Jeho'ahaz the son of Josi'ah and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1 By popular choice, Jehoahaz son of Josiah was made king at Jerusalem, succeeding his father. 2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to rule. He was king in Jerusalem for a mere three months. The king of Egypt dethroned him and forced the country to pay him nearly four tons of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold. 4 Neco king of Egypt then made Eliakim, Jehoahaz's brother, king of Judah and Jerusalem, but changed his name to Jehoiakim; then he took Jehoahaz back with him to Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to rule; he was king for eleven years in Jerusalem. In God 's opinion he was an evil king. 6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made war against him, and bound him in bronze chains, intending to take him prisoner to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took things from The Temple of God to Babylon and put them in his royal palace. 8 The rest of the history of Jehoiakim, the outrageous sacrilege he committed and what happened to him as a consequence, is all written in the Royal Annals of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Jehoiachin his son became the next king. 9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king. But he ruled for only three months and ten days in Jerusalem. In God 's opinion he was an evil king. In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him brought to Babylon along with the valuables remaining in The Temple of God . Then he made his uncle Zedekiah a puppet king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the people: 2 Chronicles 26:1, 2 Chronicles 33:25, 2 Kings 23:30-37

Jehoahaz: 2 Kings 23:31-34, 1 Chronicles 3:15, Jeremiah 22:11

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah 2 Chronicles 22:1 - the inhabitants Ezra 2:1 - whom Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah 7:6 - whom Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Psalms 80:13 - The boar Proverbs 28:2 - the transgression Jeremiah 50:17 - this Ezekiel 19:3 - it became Matthew 1:11 - Jechonias

Cross-References

Genesis 36:14
These are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah the son of Zibeon. She gave Esau his sons Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
Genesis 36:24
The sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah—this is the same Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness while herding his father Zibeon's donkeys.
Deuteronomy 23:7
But don't spurn an Edomite; he's your kin. And don't spurn an Egyptian; you were a foreigner in his land.
Isaiah 63:1
The watchmen call out, "Who goes there, marching out of Edom, out of Bozrah in clothes dyed red? Name yourself, so splendidly dressed, advancing, bristling with power!" "It is I: I speak what is right, I, mighty to save!"
Ezekiel 25:12
" God , the Master, says: Because Edom reacted against the people of Judah in spiteful revenge and was so criminally vengeful against them, therefore I, God , the Master, will oppose Edom and kill the lot of them, people and animals both. I'll waste it—corpses stretched from Teman to Dedan. I'll use my people Israel to bring my vengeance down on Edom. My wrath will fuel their action. And they'll realize it's my vengeance. Decree of God the Master."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 1-13. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,.... Of whose reign, and of the three following, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, and the account of them, from hence to the end of 2 Chronicles 36:13, what needs explanation or reconciliation,

2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- : 2 Chronicles 36:13- :

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The narrative runs parallel with 2 Kings (marginal reference) as far as 2 Chronicles 36:13. The writer then emits the events following, and substitutes a sketch in which the moral and didactic element preponderates over the historical.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXVI

Jehoahaz made king on the death of his father Josiah, and

reigns only three months, 1, 2.

He is dethroned by the king of Egypt, and Jehoiakim his brother

made king in his stead, who reigns wickedly eleven years, and

is dethroned and led captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, 3-8.

Jehoiachin is made king in his stead, and reigns wickedly three

months and ten days, and is also led captive to Babylon, 9, 10.

Zedekiah begins to reign, and reigns wickedly eleven years,

11, 12.

He rebels against Nebuchadnezzar, and he and his people cast all

the fear of God behind their backs; the wrath of God comes upon

them to the uttermost; their temple us destroyed; and the whole

nation is subjugated, and led into captivity, 13-21.

Cyrus, king of Persia, makes a proclamation to rebuild the

temple of the Lord, 22, 23.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVI

Verse 2 Chronicles 36:1. Took Jehoahaz — It seems that after Necho had discomfited Josiah, he proceeded immediately against Charchemish, and in the interim, Josiah dying of his wounds, the people made his son king.


 
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