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2 Chronicles 36:2

2 Chronicles 36:2 is verse 2 of 2 Chronicles chapter 36, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

Hebrew Joahaz, a variant of Jehoahaz; also in verse 4

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King James Version

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

World English Bible

Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

is a variant of Jehoahaz.

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2 Chronicles 36:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

3 And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

4 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.

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