2 Chronicles 36:1

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

2 Chronicles 36:1, King James Version

2 Chronicles 36:1 in other translations

BSB	Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
WEB	Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.
ASV	Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
YLT	And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
DARBY	And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead, in Jerusalem.
BBE	Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
Webster	Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

What does 2 Chronicles 36:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2Ch 36:1-4. Jehoahaz, Succeeding, Is Deposed by Pharaoh. 1. the people of the land took Jehoahaz--Immediately after Josiah's overthrow and death, the people raised to the throne Shallum (1Ch 3:15), afterwards called Jehoahaz, in preference to his older brother Eliakim, from whom they expected little good. Jehoahaz is said (2Ki 23:30) to have received at Jerusalem the royal anointing--a ceremony not usually deemed necessary, in circumstances of regular and undisputed succession. But, in the case of Jehoahaz, it seems to have been resorted to in order to impart greater validity to the act of popular election; and, it may be, to render it less likely to be disturbed by Necho, who, like all Egyptians, would associate the idea of sanctity with the regal anointing. He was the youngest son of Josiah, but the popular favorite, probably on account of his martial spirit (Eze 19:3) and determined opposition to the aggressive views of Egypt. At his accession the land was free from idolatry; but this prince, instead of following the footsteps of his excellent father, adopted the criminal policy of his apostatizing predecessors. Through his influence, directly or indirectly used, idolatry rapidly increased (see 2Ki 23:32).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Jehoahaz made king on the death of his father Josiah, and reigns only three months, 2Chr 36:1, 2Chr 36:2. He is dethroned by the king of Egypt, and Jehoiakim his brother made king in his stead, who reigns wickedly eleven years, and is dethroned and led captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, 2Chr 36:3-8. Jehoiachin is made king in his stead, and reigns wickedly three months and ten days, and is also led captive to Babylon, 2Chr 36:9, 2Chr 36:10. Zedekiah begins to reign, and reigns wickedly eleven years, 2Chr 36:11, 2Chr 36:12. He rebels against Nebuchadnezzar, and he and his people cast all the fear of God behind their backs; the wrath of God comes upon them to the uttermost; their temple us destroyed; and the whole nation is subjugated, and led into captivity, 2Chr 36:13-21. Cyrus, king of Persia, makes a proclamation to rebuild the temple of the Lord, 2Chr 36:22, 2Chr 36:23. Verse 1 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 36:1-21

The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion toward them, and his unwillingness that any should perish. See here what woful havoc sin makes, and, as we value the comfort and continuance of our earthly blessings, let us keep that worm from the root of them. They had many times ploughed and sowed their land in the seventh year, when it should have rested, and now it lay unploughed and unsown for ten times seven years. God will be no loser in his glory at last, by the disobedience of men. If they refused to let the land rest, God would make it rest. What place, O God, shall thy justice spare, if Jerusalem has perished? If that delight of thine were cut off for wickedness, let us not be high-minded, but fear.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 36:1 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקְחוּ֙vai.yik.Chuand they tookH3947

עַם\־'am-[the] people ofH5971

הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

יְהוֹאָחָ֖זye.ho.'a.ChazJehoahazH3059

בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121

יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּyo.shi.Ya.huJosiahH2977

וַיַּמְלִיכֻ֥הוּvai.yam.li.Khu.huand they made king himH4427

תַֽחַת\־ta.chat-in place ofH8478

אָבִ֖יו'a.Vivfather hisH1

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃bi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 36:1

Jeremiah 22:11
For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
2 Chronicles 26:1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
1 Chronicles 3:15
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
2 Chronicles 33:25
But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
2 Kings 23:30-37
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead. Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. And Pharaoh–nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt.
5 Jehoiakim reigning ill, is carried bound into Babylon.
9 Jehoiachin succeeding, reigns ill, and is brought into Babylon.
11 Zedekiah succeeding, reigns ill, despises the prophets, and rebels against Nebuchadnezzar.
14 Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests and the people, is wholly destroyed.
22 The proclamation of Cyrus.

the people.
26:1; 33:25; 2Ki 23:30-37
Jehoahaz.
2Ki 23:31-34; 1Ch 3:15; Jer 22:11

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Context

2 Chronicles 36:1
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:2
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

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2 Chronicles 36:1 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	ENTONCES el pueblo de la tierra tomó á Joachâz hijo de Josías, é hiciéronle rey en lugar de su padre en Jerusalem.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	*Et le peuple du pays prit Joakhaz, fils de Josias, et le fit roi à la place de son père, à Jérusalem.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und das Volk des Landes nahm Joahas, den Sohn Josias, und sie machten ihn zum König in Jerusalem an seines Vaters Statt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Tulit ergo populus terræ Joachaz filium Josiæ, et constituit regem pro patre suo in Jerusalem.