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Jehoahaz יְהוֹאָחָז
King of Judah. Jehoahaz, also known as Johanan, was a king of Judah and the son of Josiah.
Also called Joahaz, Johanan.
Family
Where Jehoahaz appears
2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (3), 1 Chronicles (1)
Key verses
- 2 Kings 23:30 first mention — 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 23:34 — 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.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 — And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
- 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.
- 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.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.