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2 Kings 23:35-37
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Kings 23:35-37
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
35 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to meet Pharaoh’s demand for money. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, from all according to their assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.(A)
Jehoiakim Reigns over Judah
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.(B) 37 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, just as all his ancestors had done.
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