Jehoahaz

• Reign of Johoahaz (Shallum)c. 609 BC

Jehoahaz· Johanan

Father

Josiah

Mother

Hamutal

Siblings

Jehoiakim· Shallum· Zedekiah

• יְהוֹאָחָז·Jehoahaz
• יוֹאָחָז·Joahazmeans “apprehending; possessing; seeing”
• יוֹחָנָן·Johananmeans “who is liberal or merciful”

Includes 3 verses that refer to Jehoahaz without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 2 Kings 23:30יְהוֹאָחָז · Jehoahaz
   From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
2. 2 Kings 23:31יְהוֹאָחָז · Jehoahaz
   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.
3. 2 Kings 23:32Referred to, not named
   And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
4. 2 Kings 23:33Referred to, not named
   And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
5. 2 Kings 23:34יְהוֹאָחָז · Jehoahaz
   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 died.
6. 1 Chronicles 3:15יוֹחָנָן · Johanan
   The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.
7. 2 Chronicles 36:1יְהוֹאָחָז · Jehoahaz
   Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
8. 2 Chronicles 36:2יוֹאָחָז · Joahaz
   Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
9. 2 Chronicles 36:3Referred to, not named
   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.
10. 2 Chronicles 36:4יוֹאָחָז · Joahaz
    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.