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2 Kings 23:32-34
New Catholic Bible
2 Kings 23:32-34
New Catholic Bible
32 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, everything that his fathers had done.
33 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem. He imposed a tribute upon the land of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.[a]
34 Pharaoh Neco appointed Eliakim, the son of Josiah, as king in his father’s stead. He changed his name to Jehoiakim, and he took Jehoahaz away when he returned to Egypt, where he died.
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- 2 Kings 23:33 Talent of gold: this is an unusually small amount to be charged and is rendered in older translations as ten or one hundred talents.
