1. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.
2. Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3. The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4. The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
5. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight.
6. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.