2Ki 23:30-34, 24:12-13, 25:6-7, 19-21, Isa 39:7, Jer 22:11-19, 24-30 | ESV | STEP | And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb . And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah , and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place .

30 ^aAnd his servants carried him dead in a chariot from ^bMegiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. ^cAnd the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

Jehoahaz’s Reign and Captivity

31 ^dJehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was ^eHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^faccording to all that his fathers had done. 33 And ^gPharaoh Neco put him in bonds at ^hRiblah in the land of ⁱHamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of silver and a talent of gold. 34 And ^kPharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and ^lchanged his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, ^mand he came to Egypt and died there.

2 Kings 24:12-13

12 ⁿand Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. ^oThe king of Babylon took him prisoner ^pin the eighth year of his reign 13 and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord ^qand the treasures of the king’s house, ^rand cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, ^swhich Solomon king of Israel had made, ^tas the Lord had foretold.

2 Kings 25:6-7

6 Then they captured the king ^uand brought him up to the king of Babylon at ^vRiblah, and they passed sentence on him. 7 They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, ^wand put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:19-21

19 and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ^xfive men of the king’s council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city. 20 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^yRiblah. 21 And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at ^zRiblah in the land of Hamath. ^aaSo Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

Isaiah 39:7

7 ^abAnd some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 22:11-19

Message to the Sons of Josiah

11 For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and ^acwho went away from this place: “He shall return here no more, 12 but ^adin the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again.”

13 ^ae“Woe to him who builds his house by ^afunrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
^agwho makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
14 who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
with spacious upper rooms,’
who cuts out windows for it,
paneling it with cedar
and ^ahpainting it with vermilion.
15 Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and ^aido justice and righteousness?
^ajThen it was well with him.
16 ^akHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
^althen it was well.
Is not this ^amto know me?
declares the Lord.
17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
^anfor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

^ao“They shall not lament for him, saying,
^ap‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
^aq‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
19 With the burial of a donkey ^arhe shall be buried,
dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 22:24-30

24 ^as“As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were ^atthe signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off 25 and ^augive you ^avinto the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26 ^awI will hurl you and ^axthe mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born, and there you shall die. 27 But to the land to which they will long to return, there they shall not return.”

28 Is this man ^ayConiah a despised, broken pot,
a ^azvessel no one cares for?
Why are he and his children hurled and cast
into a ^baland that they do not know?
29 ^bbO land, land, land,
hear the word of the Lord!
30 Thus says the Lord:
“Write this man down as ^bcchildless,
a man who shall not succeed in his days,
^bdfor none of his offspring shall succeed
^bein sitting on the throne of David
and ruling again in Judah.”