Verse 30

2 Kings 23:30

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30 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath to stop him ruling in Jerusalem. He also imposed on Judah a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּרְכִּבֻ֨/הוּ עֲבָדָ֥י/ו מֵת֙ מִ/מְּגִדּ֔וֹ וַ/יְבִאֻ֨/הוּ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַֽ/יִּקְבְּרֻ֖/הוּ בִּ/קְבֻֽרָת֑/וֹ וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח עַם הָ/אָ֗רֶץ אֶת יְהֽוֹאָחָז֙ בֶּן יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּ וַ/יִּמְשְׁח֥וּ אֹת֛/וֹ וַ/יַּמְלִ֥יכוּ אֹת֖/וֹ תַּ֥חַת אָבִֽי/ו

English Translation

And his servants carried him dead from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 He went to the Lord's Temple with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, together with the priests a... Focus ↗

2 The king stood by the pillar and made a solemn agreement before the Lord to follow him and to keep h... Focus ↗

3 Then the king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of second rank, and the doorkeepers to re... Focus ↗

4 He also dismissed the priests appointed by the kings of Judah to present burnt offerings on the high... Focus ↗

5 He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord's Temple and took it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusale... Focus ↗

6 He also demolished the quarters of the cult prostitutes that were in the Lord's Temple, where the wo... Focus ↗

7 Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests from the towns of Judah and defiled the high places, fro... Focus ↗

8 Though the priests of the high places did not serve at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they did... Focus ↗

9 He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun from the entrance to the Lord... Focus ↗

10 He demolished the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ah... Focus ↗

11 The king also defiled the high places to the east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corrupt... Focus ↗

12 He smashed the sacred stone pillars to pieces, chopped down the Asherah poles, and covered the place... Focus ↗

13 He also demolished the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who had mad... Focus ↗

14 As Josiah looked around he saw some tombs there on the hill. He had the bones taken from the tombs,... Focus ↗

15 Then he asked, “Whose gravestone is this that I see?” “It's the tomb of the man of God (Elohim) who... Focus ↗

16 “Let him rest in peace,” said Josiah. “Don't anyone touch his bones.” So they left his bones undistu... Focus ↗

17 Josiah destroyed, just as he did at Bethel, all the shrines of the high places in the towns of Samar... Focus ↗

18 Josiah slaughtered all the priests who were there at the high places on the altars, and burned human... Focus ↗

19 The king sent out an order to all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God (Elohim), a... Focus ↗

20 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to honor the Lord in Jerusalem... Focus ↗

21 In addition, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the... Focus ↗

22 Never before was there a king like him who committed himself to the Lord in all his thoughts and att... Focus ↗

23 However, the Lord had not given up his furious hostility, which burned against Judah because of all... Focus ↗

24 So the Lord announced, “I'm also going to banish Judah from my presence, just as I banished Israel.... Focus ↗

25 The rest of what happened in Josiah's reign, and all he did, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles... Focus ↗

26 While Josiah was still king, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, led his army to help the king of Assyria a... Focus ↗

27 His servants put his body in a chariot, brought him back from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and buried him i... Focus ↗

28 Jehoahaz was twenty-three when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months. His mot... Focus ↗

29 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, just as all his forefathers had done. Focus ↗

30 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath to stop him ruling in Jerusalem. He...

31 Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim, son of Josiah, king in succession to his father Josiah, and he changed El... Focus ↗

32 Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but in order to meet Pharaoh's demand he taxed t... Focus ↗

33 Jehoiakim was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mot... Focus ↗

34 He did evil in the Lord's sight, just as his forefathers had done. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 23 (34 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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