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 people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. 2Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for 3 months. 3The king of Egypt removed him from office in Jerusalem and fined the country 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds 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 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
• 2 Chronicles 33:25Then the people of the land killed everyone who had plotted against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place.
• 2 Kings 23:30His officers put his dead body in a chariot and brought it from Megiddo to Jerusalem. They buried Josiah in his tomb. Then the people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
• 2 Kings 23:31Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he was king for 3 months in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
• 1 Chronicles 3:15Josiah’s firstborn son was Johanan, the second was Jehoiakim, the third was Zedekiah, and the fourth was Shallum.
• Jeremiah 22:11This is what the Lord says about King Josiah’s son Shallum, who succeeded his father as king of Judah and left this place: He will never come back here again.

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