2 Chronicles 36 · Verse 4

2 Chronicles 36:4

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.
2 Chronicles 36:4, King James Version

2 Chronicles 36:4 in other translations

BSBThen Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
WEBThe 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand 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.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 36:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. carried him--Jehoahaz. to Egypt--There he died (Jr 22:10-12). 2Ch 36:5-8. Jehoiakim, Reigning Ill, Is Carried into Babylon.

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

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2 Chronicles 36:4 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּמְלֵ֨ךְvai.yam.Lekhand he made kingH4427
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
מִצְרַ֜יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֶלְיָקִ֣ים'el.ya.KimEliakimH471
אָחִ֗יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םvi.Ru.sha.Limand JerusalemH3389
וַיַּסֵּ֥בvai.ya.Sevand he changedH5437
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁמ֖וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
יְהוֹיָקִ֑יםye.ho.ya.KimJehoiakimH3079
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יוֹאָחָ֤זyo.'a.ChazJehoahazH3099
אָחִיו֙'a.Chivbrother hisH251
לָקַ֣חla.Kachhe tookH3947
נְכ֔וֹne.KhoNechoH5224
וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּvay.vi.'E.huand he brought himH935
מִצְרָֽיְמָה\׃\ \פmitz.Ra.ye.mahEgypt towardsH4714

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 36:4

  • Jeremiah 22:10-12

    Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. 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: But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

  • 2 Kings 23:34-35

    And Pharaoh–nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh–nechoh.

  • Ezekiel 19:3-4

    And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:15

    And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
made Eliakim.
2Ki 23:34,35; 1Ch 3:15
Necho.
Jer 22:10-12; Eze 19:3,4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 36:3

    And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:4

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:5

    Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

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2 Chronicles 36:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y constituyó el rey de Egipto á su hermano Eliacim por rey sobre Judá y Jerusalem, y mudóle el nombre en Joacim; y á Joachâz su hermano tomó Nechâo, y llevólo á Egipto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi d’Égypte établit roi sur Juda et sur Jérusalem, Éliakim, frère de Joakhaz, et changea son nom en celui de Jehoïakim; et Neco prit Joakhaz, frère de Jehoïakim, et l’emmena en Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der König von Ägypten machte seinen Bruder Eljakim zum König über Juda und Jerusalem und verwandelte seinen Namen in Jojakim. Seinen Bruder Joahas aber nahm Neko fest und führte ihn nach Ägypten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Constituitque pro eo regem Eliakim fratrem ejus super Judam et Jerusalem, et vertit nomen ejus Joakim: ipsum vero Joachaz tulit secum, et abduxit in Ægyptum.