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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Gill's Exposition
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,.... Of whose reign, and of the three following, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, and the account of them, from hence to the end of Ch2…
Barnes' Notes
The narrative runs parallel with 2 Kings (marginal reference) as far as 2Ch 36:13. The writer then emits the events following, and substitutes a sketch in which the moral and didactic element…
Adam Clarke
Took Jehoahaz - It seems that after Necho had discomfited Josiah, he proceeded immediately against Charchemish, and in the interim, Josiah dying of his wounds, the people made his son king.
The destruction of Judah and Jerusalem is here coming on by degrees. God so ordered it to show that he has no pleasure in the ruin of sinners, but had rather they would turn and live, and therefore…
Cambridge Bible
2Ch 36:1-4 (1Es 1:34-38; 2Ki 23:31-34). The Reign of Jehoahaz
1. the people of the land took Cp. 2Ch 26:1; 2Ch 33:25.
Jehoahaz Called "Shallum" in 1Ch 3:15; Jer 22:11. He was younger than Jehoiakim;…
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