34 Then (A)Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and (B)changed his name to (C)Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz (D)and went to Egypt, and [a]he died there.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah(E)

35 So Jehoiakim gave (F)the silver and gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give money according to the command of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho. 36 (G)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:34 Jehoahaz

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