2 Chronicles 36:1 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then the people of the land chose Jehoahaz, who was Josiah's son, and made him king in Jerusalem to replace his father.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The writer is describing how the people chose Jehoahaz to become the new king of Judah after his father Josiah died.

📚 Historical Context

This verse marks the beginning of Judah's final decline before the Babylonian exile. King Josiah had just been killed in battle against Pharaoh Necho of Egypt at Megiddo in 609 BC. Rather than allowing the Egyptian pharaoh to choose Judah's next king, the common people took initiative and crowned Josiah's younger son Jehoahaz, bypassing his older brother Jehoiakim.

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Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months.

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His servants carried his dead body in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land chose Jehoahaz, Josiah's son, and anointed him to make him king in place of his father.

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