2 Chronicles 36:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The king of Egypt made Eliakim, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz, his brother, and brought him to Egypt.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz, his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} made Eliakim{H471} his brother{H251} king{H4427} over Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem,{H3389} and changed{H5437} his name{H8034} to Jehoiakim.{H3079} And Neco{H5224} took{H3947} Joahaz{H3099} his brother,{H251} and carried{H935} him to Egypt.{H4714}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} made Eliakim{H471} his brother{H251} king{H4427}{(H8686)} over Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, and turned{H5437}{(H8686)} his name{H8034} to Jehoiakim{H3079}. And Necho{H5224} took{H3947}{(H8804)} Jehoahaz{H3099} his brother{H251}, and carried{H935}{(H8686)} him to Egypt{H4714}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the kynge of Egipte made Eliachim his brother kynge ouer Iuda and Ierusale, and turned his name Ioachim. But Necho toke his brother Ioahas, and caried him in to Egipte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king vpon Iuda and Hierusalem, and turned his name to Iehoiacim: and Necho toke Iehoahaz his brother, and caried him to Egypt.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the king of Egypt causeth Eliakim his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother hath Necho taken, and bringeth him in to Egypt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, changing his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took his brother Jehoahaz away to Egypt.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Necho seized his brother Jehoahaz and took him to Egypt.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 22:10-12 : 10 Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one who goes away, for he will never return to see his native land. 11 For this is what the LORD says about Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah as king: He has gone out from this place and will never return. 12 He will die in the place where they have taken him into exile; he will never see this land again.
  • Ezek 19:3-4 : 3 She brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey and devoured men. 4 The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They captured him with hooks and brought him to the land of Egypt.
  • 2 Kgs 23:34-35 : 34 Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt, where he died. 35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the silver and gold, but he taxed the land to meet Pharaoh’s demands. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, each according to his assessment, to pay Pharaoh Necho.
  • 1 Chr 3:15 : 15 The sons of Josiah: The firstborn, Johanan; the second, Jehoiakim; the third, Zedekiah; and the fourth, Shallum.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 23:33-37
    5 verses
    88%

    33 Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem and imposed a tribute on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

    34 Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt, where he died.

    35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the silver and gold, but he taxed the land to meet Pharaoh’s demands. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, each according to his assessment, to pay Pharaoh Necho.

    36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.

    37 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 36:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1 The people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.

    2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

    3 The king of Egypt removed him in Jerusalem and imposed a fine on the land of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

  • 2 Chr 36:5-11
    7 verses
    77%

    5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

    6 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, bound him in bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.

    7 Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon and placed them in his temple in Babylon.

    8 The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin, his son, became king in his place.

    9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.

    10 At the turn of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, along with the precious articles of the house of the LORD. He made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

    11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 26:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22 Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and some others went with him.

    23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with the sword and threw his body into the burial place of the common people.

  • Jer 46:2
    74%

    2 Concerning Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was at the Euphrates River in Carchemish and was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 24:17
    74%

    17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

  • 2 Kgs 24:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5 The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

    6 Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

    7 The king of Egypt did not march out of his own land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

  • 2 Kgs 23:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29 During his reign, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to fight against the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah marched out to meet him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when they faced each other.

    30 His servants brought his body by chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

  • Jer 37:1
    72%

    1 King Zedekiah son of Josiah became king in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed to rule over the land of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 35:20
    72%

    20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, marched up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates. Josiah went out to meet him.

  • 2 Kgs 24:1
    71%

    1 During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

  • Jer 44:30
    70%

    30 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will hand Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, over to his enemies who want to kill him, just as I handed Zedekiah, king of Judah, over to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.

  • 2 Kgs 24:12
    69%

    12 Jehoiachin, king of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs, went out to the king of Babylon, and the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.

  • 1 Chr 3:16
    68%

    16 The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    68%

    1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the raiders who had come with the Arabs into the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king.

  • Jer 27:20
    68%

    20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Jer 36:1
    68%

    1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

  • Dan 1:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

    2 The Lord delivered Jehoiakim, king of Judah, along with some of the vessels from the house of God, into his hand. He brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.

  • Jer 37:7
    68%

    7 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You are to tell this to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of me: 'Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, will return to its own land, to Egypt.'

  • Jer 46:13
    67%

    13 This is the word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, coming to strike the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 21:17
    67%

    17 They attacked Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king's palace, along with his sons and wives. The only son left to him was Jehoahaz, his youngest son.

  • Jer 44:1
    67%

    1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those residing in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, and the land of Pathros, saying:

  • Matt 1:11
    67%

    11 Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon.

  • Isa 22:20
    67%

    20 In that day, I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.

  • 2 Kgs 13:9
    67%

    9 Jehoahaz rested with his ancestors, and he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Joash became king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    67%

    19 He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

  • Jer 26:1
    67%

    1 At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:

  • 2 Kgs 8:16
    66%

    16 In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, while Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 9:29
    66%

    29 In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.