2Ki 23:31-34 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Kgs 23:31-34: 23:31-34 Jehoahaz was named Shallum at birth (see study note on 1 Chr 3:15); his throne name Jehoahaz has been discovered among seals from the 600s BC . He was twenty-three years old, but his brother Jehoiakim was twenty-five (2 Kgs 23:36 ). There is no indication as to why the younger brother was made king. • The three months of Jehoahaz’s reign (in 609 BC ) might coincide with the period in which Pharaoh Neco was attempting to aid the Assyrians (23:29 ).

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‏ 2 Kings 23:31-34

Summary for 2Kgs 23:31-34: 23:31-34 ^a Jehoahaz was named Shallum at birth (see study note on 1 Chr 3:15); his throne name Jehoahaz has been discovered among seals from the 600s BC. He was twenty-three years old, but his brother Jehoiakim was twenty-five (2 Kgs 23:36 ^b). There is no indication as to why the younger brother was made king.

• The three months of Jehoahaz’s reign (in 609 BC) might coincide with the period in which Pharaoh Neco was attempting to aid the Assyrians (23:29 ^c).
23:32 ^d He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight: The entrenched wickedness and apostasy of the times surfaced even in Josiah’s own sons (23:32 ^e, 37 ^f; 24:9 ^g, 19 ^h). The Lord’s intention to judge Judah (23:26-27 ⁱ) was justified and would soon be fulfilled.
23:33 ^j Riblah was a fortified administrative center in Aramean territory about sixty miles northeast of Damascus.
23:34 ^k Eliakim ... Jehoiakim: Neco continued the Assyrian practice of requiring an oath of loyalty and assigning a new name to the local head of state.