1. The people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem to succeed his father.
2. Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3. The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4. Then the king of Egypt made Eliakim, the brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem, changing his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz his brother away and brought him to Egypt.
5. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, his God.