Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for three months.
The people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and made him king in Jerusalem in his father’s place.
Then King Neco of Egypt removed Jehoahaz from being king in Jerusalem. Neco made the people of Judah pay about seventy-five hundred pounds of silver and about seventy-five pounds of gold.
How terrible it is for a country whose king is a child and whose leaders eat all morning.
The Lord says, “I will cause young boys to be your leaders, and foolish children will rule over you.