1 And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
2 A son of three and twenty years 'is' Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
3 and turn him aside doth the king of Egypt in Jerusalem, and fineth the land a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold;
4 and the king of Egypt causeth Eliakim his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother hath Necho taken, and bringeth him in to Egypt.
5 A son of twenty and five years 'is' Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God;
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