34 Then (A)Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and (B)changed his name to (C)Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz (D)and went to Egypt, and [a]he died there.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:34 Jehoahaz

15 The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second [a]Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth [b]Shallum.

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The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiakim(A)

(B)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did (C)evil in the sight of the Lord his God. (D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in [a]bronze fetters to (E)carry him off to Babylon. (F)Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then [b]Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:6 chains
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:8 Or Jeconiah

Seventy Years of Desolation

25 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, (A)in the fourth year of (B)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),

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