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Text -- 2 Kings 23:25-37 (NET)
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23:25 No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart , soul , and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses .
23:26 Yet the Lord’s great anger against Judah did not subside ; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done .
23:27 The Lord announced , “I will also spurn Judah , just as I spurned Israel . I will reject this city that I chose – both Jerusalem and the temple , about which I said , “I will live there .”
23:28 The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign and all his accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah .
23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria . King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.
23:30 His servants transported his dead body from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem , where they buried him in his tomb . The people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz , poured olive oil on his head , and made him king in his father’s place .
Jehoahaz’s Reign over Judah
23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem . His mother was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah , from Libnah .
23:32 He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done .
23:33 Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him in Riblah in the land of Hamath and prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem . He imposed on the land a special tax of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold .
23:34 Pharaoh Necho made Josiah’s son Eliakim king in Josiah’s place , and changed his name to Jehoiakim . He took Jehoahaz to Egypt , where he died .
23:35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the required amount of silver and gold , but to meet Pharaoh’s demands Jehoiakim had to tax the land . He collected an assessed amount from each man among the people of the land in order to pay Pharaoh Necho .
Jehoiakim’s Reign over Judah
23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem . His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah , from Rumah .
23:37 He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Josiah |
Jehoahaz |
Riblah |
Revivals |
Pentateuch |
Religion |
Influence |
GOD, 2 |
HIGH PLACE |
CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Rulers |
SANCTUARY |
Zeal |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Pharaoh |
Israel |
Jehoiakim |
Egyptians |
TAX; TAXING |
Megiddo |
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NET Notes: 2Ki 23:25 The description of Josiah’s devotion as involving his whole “heart, soul, and being” echoes the language of Deut 6:5.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 23:26 Heb “Yet the Lord did not turn away from the fury of his great anger, which raged against Judah, on account of all the infuriating things by whi...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 23:28 Heb “As for the rest of the events of Josiah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 23:33 The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When use...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 23:35 Heb “And the silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the silver at the command of Pharaoh, [from] each acco...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 23:36 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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