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Jehoahaz Succeeds Josiah

2 Chronicles 36:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
KJV
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
WEB
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.
ASV
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
LSV
And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
YLT
And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
DBY
And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead, in Jerusalem.
DRC
Then the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made him king instead of his father in Jerusalem.
GNV
Then the people of the lande tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and made him king in his fathers steade in Ierusalem.
JPS
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
LXXE
And the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and anointed him, and made him king over Jerusalem in the room of his father.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּקְחוּ֙ עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֶת־יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ וַיַּמְלִיכֻ֥הוּ תַֽחַת־אָבִ֖יו בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς τὸν Ἰωάχαζ υἱὸν Ἰωσίου, καὶ ἔχρισαν αὐτὸν, καὶ κατέστησαν αὐτὸν ἀντὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ εἰς βασιλέα ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ.

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  • 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,
  • 2 Chronicles 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
  • 2 Kings 23:30–37From 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…
  • 2 Chronicles 33:25But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
  • 1 Chronicles 3:15The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.

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