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Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 36:2

Iehoahaz was three and twentie yeere old when he began to reigne, and he reigned three moneths in Ierusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Chronicles, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz;   Necho Ii;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz;   Psalms;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Joahaz;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ezra, Book of;   Jehoahaz;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz ;   Shallum ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehoahaz;   Joahaz;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
Yo'achaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Yerushalayim.
King James Version
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
New Century Version
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for three months.
New English Translation
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned [only] three months in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.
World English Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
Contemporary English Version
He was twenty-three years old at the time, and he ruled only three months from Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'ho'achaz was twenty-three years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for three months in Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
He was 23 years old when he became king of Judah. He was king in Jerusalem for three months.
George Lamsa Translation
And Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months.
Lexham English Bible
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
Jehoahaz was a son of twenty three years when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thre and twentye yeare olde was Ioahas whan he was made kynge, and reigned thre monethes at Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iehoahaz was twentie & three yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned three monethes in Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
Iehoahaz was twentie and three yeeres old, when hee began to reigne, and hee reigned three moneths in Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Joachaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. And Pharao Nechao bound him in Deblatha in the land of Æmath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three mouths in Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Joachaz was of thre and twenti yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede thre monethis in Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
New King James Version
Jehoahaz [fn] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
New Life Bible
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king. And he ruled for three months in Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Twenty-three years old, was Joahaz when he began to reign, - and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
Jeho'ahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
A son of three and twenty years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
THE MESSAGE
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to rule. He was king in Jerusalem for a mere three months. The king of Egypt dethroned him and forced the country to pay him nearly four tons of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the people of the lande tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and made him king in his fathers steade in Ierusalem. 2 Iehoahaz was three and twentie yeere old when he began to reigne, and he reigned three moneths in Ierusalem. 3 And the King of Egypt tooke him away at Ierusalem, and condemned the lande in an hundreth talents of siluer, and a talent of gold. 4 And the King of Egypt made Eliakim his brother King ouer Iudah and Ierusalem, and turned his name to Iehoiakim: and Necho tooke Iehoahaz his brother, and caryed him to Egypt. 5 Iehoiakim was fiue and twentie yeere old, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeere in Ierusalem, and did euill in the sight of the Lord his God. 6 Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel, and bounde him with chaines to cary him to Babel. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also caryed of the vessels of the house of the Lorde to Babel, and put them in his Temple at Babel. 8 Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was founde vpon him, behold, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Israel and Iudah, and Iehoiachin his sonne reigned in his stead. 9 Iehoiachin was eight yeere olde when he beganne to reigne, and he reigned three moneths and ten dayes in Ierusalem, and did euill in the sight of the Lorde. 10 And when the yeere was out, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babel with the precious vessels of the house of the Lorde, and he made Zedekiah his brother King ouer Iudah and Ierusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:30 - the people Ecclesiastes 10:16 - when Isaiah 3:4 - children Ezekiel 19:3 - it became

Cross-References

Genesis 9:25
And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren.
Genesis 27:46
Also Rebekah said to Izhak, I am weary of my life, for the daughters of Heth. If Iaakob take a wife of the daughters of Heth like these of the daughters of the lande, what auaileth it me to liue?
Genesis 28:9
Then went Esau to Ishmael, & tooke vnto the wiues, which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nabaioth, to be his wife.
Genesis 36:25
And the children of Anah were these: Dishon and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
Genesis 36:34
When Iobab also was dead, Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his steade.
Genesis 36:35
And after the death of Husham, Hadad the sonne of Bedad, which slewe Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his steade, and the name of his citie was Auith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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