2 Kings 13:1

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Israel

13:1 In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ¹  for seventeen years.

2 Kings 13:7

13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left ²  except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops ³  and trampled on them like dust. ⁴ 

2 Kings 23:30

23:30 His servants transported his dead body ⁵  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, ⁶  and made him king in his father’s place.

2 Kings 23:34

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. ⁷ 

[13:1]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[13:7]  ² tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.

[13:7]  ³ tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.

[13:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”

[23:30]  ³ tn Heb “him, dead.”

[23:30]  ⁴ tn Or “anointed him.”

[23:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he took Jehoahaz, and he came to Egypt and he died there.”