2 Kings 23:34-36

Jehoiakim Made King by Pharaoh

34Pharaoh Neco made aEliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and bchanged his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and
So with Gr; Heb he came
,
dbrought him to Egypt, and he died there.
35So Jehoiakim egave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to give the money at the
Lit mouth
command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his valuation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

36 gJehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
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