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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then the people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and made him the next king in Jerusalem.

Context of 2 Chronicles 36:1

The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem. 2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a 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 26:1And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
• 2 Chronicles 33:25But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
• 2 Kings 23:30And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And 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 began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
• 1 Chronicles 3:15The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
• Jeremiah 22:11For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went away from this place: "He shall return here no more,

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