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.
6. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, attacked and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.
7. Nebuchadnezzar also carried away to Babylon some of the vessels of the house of the Lord and put them in his palace in Babylon.
8. The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominable things that he did, and what therefore happened to him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.
9. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.