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2 Kings 23:31

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Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

KJV

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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This verse in 2 Kings 23

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ishodad of Merv

BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 23:31 · Written before 850.

on 2 Kings 23:31-34

Jehoahaz, also called Shalom, reigned three months until the Egyptians came back from Mabboug. At that stage [Pharaoh] enchained him and brought him to Egypt. So [Jehoahaz] left his country and never came back, according to the prophecy that Jeremiah had spoken against him. Pharaoh …

This site's exposition

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old

on 2 Kings 23:31-32

Jehoahaz reigns three months before Egypt deposes him, old enough at twenty-three to have already formed the character the text sums up in one line, evil in the sight of the LORD like his fathers before him. Gill identifies him with Shallum at Jer 22:11, and Wesley notes the people chose the more warlike younger brother over the elder Eliakim, the reason Ezekiel later calls him a young lion (Ezek 19:3). His mother Hamutal of Libnah will be named again for Zedekiah, the last king Judah ever crowns (2 Ki 24:18).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Jehoahaz was twenty three years old when he began to reign,.... Who seems to be the same with Shallum, Jer 22:11. and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; a short reign, being deposed by the king of Egypt, as after related: and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah; a city in the tribe of Judah, Jos 10:29.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old - This was not the eldest son of Josiah, which is evident from this, that he was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; that he reigned but three months; that, being dethroned, his brother Eliakim was put in his place, who was then twenty-five years of age. Eliakim, therefore, was the eldest brother; but Jehoahaz was probably raised to the throne by the people, as being of a more active and martial spirit.

The words behind it

16 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.

  • בֶּן־[was] a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֨יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וְשָׁלֹ֤שׁand three

    veshaloshH7969 →432 times

  • שָׁנָה֙year[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • יְהוֹאָחָ֣זJehoahaz

    yehoachazH3059 →20 times

  • בְּמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he

    bemalekhoH4427 →348 times

  • וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הand three

    usheloshahH7969 →432 times

  • חֳדָשִׁ֔יםmonths

    chodashimH2320 →284 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of

    veshemH8034 →864 times

  • אִמּ֔וֹmother his

    ʾimoH517 →220 times

  • חֲמוּטַ֥ל[was] Hamutal

    chamutalH2537 →

  • בַּֽת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֖הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →

  • מִלִּבְנָֽה׃from Libnah

    milivnahH3841 →18 times

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

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 22:11For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,5 works1 Chronicles 3:15The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.5 works2 Kings 24:18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.5 worksEzekiel 19:4When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.2 worksMatthew 1:11and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.2 works

The walk

8 stops

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

    Jeremiah 22:11

    For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,

    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…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 3:15

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

    • 2 Chronicles 36:1–4

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

    • 2 Chronicles 34:22

      So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in…

    • 2 Chronicles 28:12

      Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.

  • Through

    2 Kings 24:18

    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 52:1–11

      Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

    • 2 Chronicles 36:11

      Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

    • Jeremiah 37:1

      Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 23:31; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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