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2 Chronicles 36:1

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

2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

3 And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

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BSB
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
KJV
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
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.
DARBY
And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead, in Jerusalem.
BLB
And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and they made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.
ÅB
Landets folk tok og gjorde Joakas, Josias' sønn, til konge i hans fars sted i Jerusalem.
OTB
Folket i landet valgte Joakas, sønn av Josjia, og innsatte ham som konge i stedet for hans far i Jerusalem.
B1930
Landets folk tok og gjorde Joakas, Josias' sønn, til konge i hans fars sted i Jerusalem.

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  • Jeremiah 22:11

    For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:1

    All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

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  • 1 Chronicles 3:15

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

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:25

    But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

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  • 2 Kings 23:30–37

    From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

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