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2 Chronicles 36:4

in 2 Chronicles 36

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 36

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim

Neco makes Eliakim king and changes his name to Jehoiakim, so the king of Egypt now names Judah's king. Jehoahaz is carried off to Egypt, and Chronicles never brings him back into the story. Jeremiah's oracle states his fate in full.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Had he trodden in the steps of his father's piety he might have reigned long and prospered; but we are told in the Kings that he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and therefore his triumphing was short and his joy but for a moment. Jehoiakim was set up by the king of Egypt, an old enemy to their land, gave what king he pleased to the kingdom and what name he pleased to the king!

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּמְלֵ֨ךְand he made king

    vaiyamlekhH4427 →348 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • מִצְרַ֜יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֶלְיָקִ֣יםEliakim

    ʾelyakimH471 →

  • אָחִ֗יוbrother his

    ʾachivH251 →630 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יְהוּדָה֙Judah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םand Jerusalem

    virushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וַיַּסֵּ֥בand he changed

    vaiyasevH5437 →161 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שְׁמ֖וֹname his

    shemoH8034 →864 times

  • יְהוֹיָקִ֑יםJehoiakim

    yehoyakimH3079 →37 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יוֹאָחָ֤זJehoahaz

    yoachazH3099 →4 times

  • אָחִיו֙brother his

    ʾachivH251 →630 times

  • לָקַ֣חhe took

    lakachH3947 →966 times

  • נְכ֔וֹNecho

    nekhoH5224 →8 times

  • וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּand he brought him

    vayviehuH935 →2568 times

  • מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ פEgypt towards

    mitzrayemahH4714 →641 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

1 stop

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 3:15

    The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:34

      Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.