Then the people of the land took Jeho´ahaz the son of Josi´ah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Jeho´ahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jehoahaz was [then] twenty-three years old; he reigned three months in Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Common English Bible Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he ruled for three months in Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. |
Then the people of the land took Jeho´ahaz the son of Josi´ah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.