23 Apr 2014

King Jehoahaz

Posted by joncooper

How He Became King: After his father Josiah died
When He Began Reigning: 23 years old
Reign Length: 3 months
Ruled Over: Judah
Type of King: Evil
Prophet: Jeremiah
Death: Taken by the king of Egypt and died in Egypt
Burial: Unknown

Jehoahaz became king after his father Josiah died. He began reigning when he was 23 years old, and he reigned over Judah for three months. He was a wicked king:

2 Kings 23:31: “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.
32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.”

His brief reign ended when the king of Egypt imprisoned him and brought him to Egypt, where he died:

2 Kings 23:34: “And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.”

After Pharaoh removed Jehoahaz from power, his brother Jehoiakim (also known as Eliakim) reigned in his stead.

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