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2 Kings 23:36 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 23 · verse 36
Jehoiakim 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.2 Kings 23:36 · King James Version
2 Kings 23:36 in context
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.
37And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JehoiakimYᵉhôwyâqîymJehojakim, a Jewish kingH3079 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- twentyʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- elevenʼechâdproperly, unitedH259 →
- elevenʻâsârtenH6240 →
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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