KJV King James Version
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
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2 Chronicles 36:4
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
WEB World English Bible
The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
ASV American Standard Version
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the king of Egypt causeth Eliakim his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother hath Necho taken, and bringeth him in to Egypt.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 36
1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
2 Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
5 Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
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וַיַּמְלֵ֨ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingמִצְרַ֜יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֶלְיָקִ֣יםH471 · el.ya.qimEliakimאָחִ֗יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingעַל־H5921 · aluponיְהוּדָה֙H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוַיַּסֵּ֥בH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameיְהוֹיָקִ֑יםH3079 · ye.ho.ya.qimJehoiakimוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יוֹאָחָ֤זH3099 · yo.a.chazJoahazאָחִיו֙H251 · achbrother: male-siblingלָקַ֣חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeנְכ֔וֹH5224 · ne.khoNecoוַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּH935 · boto come (in): comeמִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ פH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt
Cross-references
Jeremiah 22:10-12Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: [but] weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.1 Chronicles 3:15And the sons of Josiah [were], the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.2 Kings 23:34-35And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.Ezekiel 19:3-4And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
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