The sonsof Josiah[were] Johananthe firstborn,and the second[was] Jehoiakim,the thirdZedekiah,the fourthShallum.
Jehoahazwas twenty-threeyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedthreemonthsin Jerusalem;and his mother'snamewas Hamutalthe daughterof Jeremiahof Libnah.
PharaohNecomadeEliakimthe sonof Josiahkingin the placeof Josiahhis father,and changedhis nameto Jehoiakim.But he tookJehoahazaway and brought[him] to Egypt,and he diedthere.
Then the kingof Babylonmadehis uncleMattaniahkingin his place,and changedhis nameto Zedekiah.
Amonhis son,Josiahhis son.
The sonsof Jehoiakim[were] Jeconiahhis son,Zedekiahhis son.
Then the peopleof the landtookJoahazthe sonof Josiah,and madehim kingin placeof his fatherin Jerusalem.
At the turnof the yearKingNebuchadnezzarsentand broughthim to Babylonwith the valuablearticlesof the houseof the LORD,and he madehis kinsmanZedekiahkingoverJudahand Jerusalem.
It camealso in the daysof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,untilthe endof the eleventhyearof Zedekiahthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,untilthe exileof Jerusalemin the fifthmonth.
For thussaysthe LORDin regardto Shallumthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,who becamekingin the placeof Josiahhis father,whowentforthfrom thisplace,"He will neverreturnthere;
Thereforethussaysthe LORDin regardto Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,"They will not lamentfor him: 'Alas,my brother!'or, 'Alas,sister!'They will not lamentfor him: 'Alasfor the master!'or, 'Alasfor his splendor!'
But like the badfigswhichcannotbe eatendueto rottenness--indeed,thussaysthe LORD--soI will abandonZedekiahkingof Judahand his officials,and the remnantof Jerusalemwho remainin thislandand the ones who dwellin the landof Egypt.
In the beginningof the reignof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,thiswordcamefrom the LORD,saying,
Now Zedekiahthe sonof JosiahwhomNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonhad madekingin the landof Judah,reignedas kingin placeof Coniahthe sonof Jehoiakim.
