2 Kings 23 · Verse 31

2 Kings 23:31

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.

2 Kings 23:31, King James Version

2 Kings 23:31 in other translations

BSB	Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
WEB	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.
ASV	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.
YLT	A son of twenty and three years is Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,
DARBY	Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
BBE	Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for three months; his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Webster	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.

What does 2 Kings 23:31 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old - This was not the eldest son of Josiah, which is evident from this, that he was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; that he reigned but three months; that, being dethroned, his brother Eliakim was put in his place, who was then twenty-five years of age. Eliakim, therefore, was the eldest brother; but Jehoahaz was probably raised to the throne by the people, as being of a more active and martial spirit.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 23:31-37

After Josiah was laid in his grave, one trouble came on another, till, in twenty-two years, Jerusalem was destroyed. The wicked perished in great numbers, the remnant were purified, and Josiah's reformation had raised up some to join the few who were the precious seed of their future church and nation. A little time, and slender abilities, often suffice to undo the good which pious men have, for a course of years, been labouring to effect. But, blessed be God, the good work which he begins by his regenerating Spirit, cannot be done away, but withstands all changes and temptations.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 23:31 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son ofH1121

עֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimtwentyH6242

וְשָׁלֹ֤שׁve.sha.Loshand threeH7969

שָׁנָה֙sha.Nahyear[s]H8141

יְהוֹאָחָ֣זye.ho.'a.ChazJehoahazH3059

בְּמָלְכ֔וֹbe.ma.le.Khowhen became king heH4427

וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הu.she.lo.Shahand threeH7969

חֳדָשִׁ֔יםcho.da.ShimmonthsH2320

מָלַ֖ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389

וְשֵׁ֣םve.Shemand [the] name ofH8034

אִמּ֔וֹ'i.Momother hisH517

חֲמוּטַ֥לcha.mu.Tal[was] HamutalH2537

בַּֽת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323

יִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414

מִלִּבְנָֽה\׃mi.liv.Nahfrom LibnahH3841

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 23:31

2 Kings 24:18
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
1 Chronicles 3:15
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
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:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jehoahaz.
1Ch 3:15; Jer 22:11
Shallum. Hamutal.
24:18

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

Context

2 Kings 23:30
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.
2 Kings 23:31
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.
2 Kings 23:32
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

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2 Kings 23:31 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	De veintitrés años era Joachâz cuando comenzó á reinar, y reinó tres meses en Jerusalem. El nombre de su madre fué Amutal, hija de Jeremías de Libna.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Joakhaz était âgé de 23 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Hamutal, fille de Jérémie de Libna.
German Elberfelder 1871	Dreiundzwanzig Jahre war Joahas alt, als er König wurde, und er regierte drei Monate zu Jerusalem; und der Name seiner Mutter war Hamutal, die Tochter Jeremias, von Libna.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Viginti trium annorum erat Joachaz cum regnare cœpisset, et tribus mensibus regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Amital filia Jeremiæ de Lobna.