2 Kings 23:35

God's Word

Jehoiakim gave Pharaoh the silver and the gold. But he had to tax the country to pay the silver Pharaoh had demanded. He taxed each person according to his wealth so that he could get the silver and gold from the people of the land and give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:33

Pharaoh Necoh made him a prisoner at Riblah in the territory of Hamath during his reign  in Jerusalem and fined the country 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.

Lamentations 1:1

“Look how deserted Jerusalem is! Once the city was crowded with people. Once it was important among the nations. Now it is a widow. Once it was a princess among the provinces. Now it does forced labor.