Study it in the app“The 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.”
The kingמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרַיִםmade kingוַיַּמְלֵךְover Judahעַל יְהוּדָהand JerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַםEliakimאֶת אֶלְיָקִיםhis brother,אָחִיוand changedוַיַּסֵּבhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹto Jehoiakim;יְהוֹיָקִיםand Jehoahazוְאֶת יוֹאָחָזhis brotherאָחִיוNecoנְכוֹtookלָקַחand brought himוַיְבִיאֵהוּto Egypt.מִצְרָיְמָה
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsmake king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “yamlech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsEliakim
Eliakim: a name meaning "El raises up" or "God establishes." Borne by the son of Hilkiah, who was over King Hezekiah's house (2 Kings 18:18; Isaiah 22:20); the son of Josiah whose name Pharaoh changed to Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:34); and a priest of Nehemiah's time (Nehemiah 12:41).
Where else “elyakim” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsturn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “yasev” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsJehoiakim
Jehoiakim: a name meaning "YHWH raises up." The name Pharaoh Neco gave to Eliakim son of Josiah when he made him king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34-24:6). Not to be confused with his son Jehoiachin.
Where else “yehoyakim” appearsJehoahaz (Joahaz)
Joahaz: short form of the same name as Jehoahaz, "YHWH has grasped" (holds him); this translation writes both forms "Jehoahaz." In 2 Kings 14:1 the father of Joash, king of Israel; others also bear the name (2 Chronicles 34:8; 36:2).
Where else “yoachaz” appearsNeco
Neco: name of a king (Pharaoh) of Egypt of Josiah's time.
Where else “necho” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “lakach” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yevie” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The reign of Jehoahaz
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.
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Jerusalem
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).
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH his Elohim.
