2 Chronicles 36:2

Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for only three months.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

In Context

1Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.

3King Neco of Egypt captured him and prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:4He will appoint boys to be your leaders; your children will rule you.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 36:2-11

The Destruction of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 588.) 1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho… Read the whole commentary →

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