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2 Kings 23:34 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 23 · verse 34
And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.2 Kings 23:34 · King James Version
2 Kings 23:34 in context
32And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
33And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
34And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
35And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.
36Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PharaohnechohParʻôh NᵉkôhParoh-Nekoh , an Egyptian kingH6549 →
- JehoiakimYᵉhôwyâqîymJehojakim, a Jewish kingH3079 →
- EliakimʼElyâqîymEljakim, the name of four IsraelitesH471 →
- JosiahYôʼshîyâhJoshijah, the name of two IsraelitesH2977 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- turnedçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
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Jerusalem saw not a good day after Josiah was laid in his grave, but one trouble came after another, till within twenty-two years it was quite destroyed. Of the reign of two of his sons here is a short account;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-37