2 Chronicles 36:1-6 ▼

1 After this, the people of the land installed Josiah's son Jehoahaz in Jerusalem as king to take his father's place.

2 Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem,

3 after which the king of Egypt dethroned him and imposed a fine on the land of 100 talents of silver and one talent of gold.

4 King Neco of Egypt installed Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim as king over Judah and Jerusalem, changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim, and took his brother Joahaz back to Egypt.

5 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, but he practiced what the LORD his God considered to be evil.

6 As a result, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.