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2 Chronicles 36:2

Jehoahaz 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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Chronicles, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz;   Necho Ii;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz;   Psalms;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Joahaz;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ezra, Book of;   Jehoahaz;   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;   Joahaz;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
Yo'achaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Yerushalayim.
King James Version
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
New Century Version
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for three months.
New English Translation
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned [only] three months in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.
World English Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iehoahaz was three and twentie yeere old when he began to reigne, and he reigned three moneths in Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
Contemporary English Version
He was twenty-three years old at the time, and he ruled only three months from Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'ho'achaz was twenty-three years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for three months in Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
He was 23 years old when he became king of Judah. He was king in Jerusalem for three months.
George Lamsa Translation
And Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months.
Lexham English Bible
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
Jehoahaz was a son of twenty three years when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thre and twentye yeare olde was Ioahas whan he was made kynge, and reigned thre monethes at Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iehoahaz was twentie & three yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned three monethes in Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
Iehoahaz was twentie and three yeeres old, when hee began to reigne, and hee reigned three moneths in Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Joachaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. And Pharao Nechao bound him in Deblatha in the land of Æmath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three mouths in Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Joachaz was of thre and twenti yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede thre monethis in Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
New King James Version
Jehoahaz [fn] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
New Life Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king. And he ruled for three months in Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Twenty-three years old, was Joahaz when he began to reign, - and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
Jeho'ahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
A son of three and twenty years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months 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

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:30 - the people Ecclesiastes 10:16 - when Isaiah 3:4 - children Ezekiel 19:3 - it became

Cross-References

Genesis 27:46
Rebekah spoke to Isaac, "I'm sick to death of these Hittite women. If Jacob also marries a native Hittite woman, why live?"
Genesis 36:25
The children of Anah were Dishon and his daughter Oholibamah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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