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Jehoahaz (2Ki 23:30)

Jehoahaz (2Ki 23:30)

He was the father of Jehoash of Israel, in the divided monarchy of Israel and Judah. Named in scripture at 2 Kings 23:30.

Lived: Divided Monarchy

Where in scripture

2 Kings1 Chronicles2 Chronicles

His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

2 Kings 23:30

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

2 Kings 23:31

Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there.

2 Kings 23:34

The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.

1 Chronicles 3:15

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

2 Chronicles 36:1

Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:2

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.

2 Chronicles 36:4

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

2 Kings 23:302 Kings 23:312 Kings 23:341 Chronicles 3:152 Chronicles 36:12 Chronicles 36:22 Chronicles 36:4

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