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The peopleעַםof the landהָאָרֶץtookוַיִּקְחוּJehoahazאֶת יְהוֹאָחָזsonבֶּןof Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּand made him kingוַיַּמְלִיכֻהוּin placeתַחַתof his fatherאָבִיוin Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
2 Chronicles 36:1
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2 Chronicles 36:1, word by word
- The peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appears- Jehoahazיְהוֹאָחָזyehoachaz
Jehoahaz
Jehoahaz: a name meaning "YHWH has grasped" (holds by the hand). Borne by a son of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:35; 13:1), by a son of Josiah, king of Judah (2 Kings 23:30), and it is another form of the name of Ahaziah son of Joram (2 Chronicles 21:17).
Where else “yehoachaz” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּyoshiyahu
Josiah
Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.
Where else “yoshiyahu” appears- and made him kingיַּמְלִיכֻyamlichu
make king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “yamlichu” appears- of his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
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2 Chronicles 36:1-4
1The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem. 2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3The king of Egypt removed him in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4The king of Egypt made king over Judah and Jerusalem Eliakim his brother, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother Neco took and brought him to Egypt.
31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers had done. 33Pharaoh Neco bound him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 34Pharaoh Neco made king Eliakim son of Josiah in place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz he took away, and he came to Egypt and died there. 35The silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh; but he assessed the land to give the silver according to the order of Pharaoh; from each according to his assessment he exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
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2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.