2 Chronicles 36:1

2 Chronicles 36:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
• New International Version (NIV)And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.

Context of 2 Chronicles 36:1

Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. 2Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned [only] three months in Jerusalem. 3Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

2 Chronicles 36:1 word by word

וַיִּקְחוּ֙ עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֶת־יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ וַיַּמְלִיכֻ֥הוּ תַֽחַת־אָבִ֖יו בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• Jehoahazיְהוֹאָחָזyehô'âchâz · JehoahazH3059
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּyô'shîyâh yô'shîyâhû · JosiahH2977
• and made him kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• in his father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• stead in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 36:1

• 2 Chronicles 26:1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
• 2 Chronicles 33:25But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
• 2 Kings 23:30Josiah’s servants carried his dead body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in his father’s place.
• 2 Kings 23:31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for [only] three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
• 1 Chronicles 3:15The sons of Josiah: firstborn, Johanan; second, Jehoiakim (Eliakim); third, Zedekiah; fourth, Shallum (Jehoahaz).
• Jeremiah 22:11For thus says the Lord in regard to Shallum (Jehoahaz) the [third] son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went from this place, “Shallum will not return here anymore;

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 36:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Took 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The narrative runs parallel with 2Kings (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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The destruction of Jerusalem. (1-21) The proclamation of Cyrus. (22-23) Verses 1-21 The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion toward them, and his unwillingness that any should perish. See here what woful havoc sin makes, and, as we value the comfort and continuance of our earthly blessings, let us keep that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Jehoahaz, also known as Shallum (see Jeremiah 22:11), was not Josiah’s oldest son (1 Chronicles 3:15). The reason he was chosen as king is not explained. Pharaoh Neco quickly intervened, placing Jehoahaz’s older brother Eliakim in his place and renaming him Jehoiakim.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-42Ch 36:1-4. Jehoahaz, Succeeding, Is Deposed by Pharaoh. 1. the people of the land took Jehoahaz--Immediately after Josiah's overthrow and death, the people raised to the throne Shallum (1Ch 3:15), afterwards called Jehoahaz, in preference to his older brother Eliakim, from whom they expected little good. Jehoahaz is said (2Ki 23:30) to have received at Jerusalem the royal anointing--a ceremony not usually deemed necessary, in circumstances of regular and…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 36:1

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehoahaz

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Josiah
• Condemn
• Jehoahaz
• Necho II
• Put
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Shallum (1)

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings