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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

turned his name to Jehoiakim

Necho makes Eliakim king and turns his name to Jehoiakim, the first of two name changes this chapter records for kings who no longer choose even that much for themselves. Jehoahaz goes to Egypt and Chronicles never brings him back into the story; Jeremiah's oracle names his fate in full, the word left to a fellow prophet to state rather than repeated here.

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

    vaiyamlekhH4427348 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • מִצְרַ֜יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714641 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • אֶלְיָקִ֣יםEliakim

    ʾelyakimH471

  • אָחִ֗יוbrother his

    ʾachivH251630 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • יְהוּדָה֙Judah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םand Jerusalem

    virushalimH3389643 times

  • וַיַּסֵּ֥בand he changed

    vaiyasevH5437161 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • שְׁמ֖וֹname his

    shemoH8034864 times

  • יְהוֹיָקִ֑יםJehoiakim

    yehoyakimH307937 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • יוֹאָחָ֤זJehoahaz

    yoachazH30994 times

  • אָחִיו֙brother his

    ʾachivH251630 times

  • לָקַ֣חhe took

    lakachH3947966 times

  • נְכ֔וֹNecho

    nekhoH52248 times

  • וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּand he brought him

    vayviehuH9352568 times

  • מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ פEgypt towards

    mitzrayemahH4714641 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…

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About 2 Chronicles

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