2 Kings 23:31-25:26 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 23:31

Jehoahaz. Also called Johanan (Jeremiah 22:11 . 1 Chronicles 3:15 ). He was the younger brother of Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:31

THE THREE MONTHS' REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ"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 Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done. And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 23:31

2 Kings 23:31. Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old— Jehoahaz was not the eldest son of Josiah, as appears from this; he was but three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned but three months; after which his brother Jehoiakim, when he was made king, was five and twenty years old, 2 Kings 23:36. For this reason, it is said, that the people anointed him; because, as he did not come to the crown by right of succession, his title might have otherwise been disputed. See the note... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 23:31-35

E. Jehoahaz’s Evil Reign 23:31-35Jehoahaz, whose other name was Shallum, was the middle of Josiah’s three sons, all of whom ruled Judah after Josiah. Jehoahaz was the people’s choice (2 Kings 23:31), but he reigned for only three months in 609 B.C.When Pharaoh Neco defeated Josiah at Megiddo (2 Kings 23:29), Judah fell under Egyptian control. Neco summoned Josiah’s successor Jehoahaz to meet him at Riblah. This town stood about 65 miles north of Damascus in central Aramea. The meeting took... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:1-37

Religious Reform. Josiah’s Death2. The prophets] Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah lived about this time. Read in their ears] cp. the similar proceeding related in Nehemiah 8:4.; 3. By a pillar] or, ’upon a platform’: cp. Nehemiah 11:144. The priests of the second order] probably to be corrected into ’the second priest’ (as in 2 Kings 25:18), i.e. the high priest’s deputy. Grove] see on 2 Kings 21:7. 5. The planets] or, ’the signs of the zodiac’ The word is said to mean ’mansions,’ the stars... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:1-37

JOSIAHB.C. 639-6082 Kings 22:1-20; 2 Kings 23:1-37Jos., "Ant.," X 4:1."In outline dim and vast Their fearful shadows cast The giant forms of Empires, on their way To ruin: one by one They tower, and they are gone."- KEBLEIF we are to understand the reign of Josiah as a whole, we must preface it by some allusion to the great epoch-marking circumstances of his age, which explain the references of contemporary prophets, and which, in great measure, determined the foreign policy of the pious... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:31-33

JEHOAHAZB.C. 6082 Kings 23:31-33"I went by, and, lo! he was gone: I sought him, but his place could nowhere be found."- Psalms 37:36IT was under the disastrous circumstances which attended his father’s death at Megiddo that Jehoahaz began to reign. There is some confusion about the four sons of Josiah, whom the Chronicler calls Johanan, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, and Shallum. {; 1 Chronicles 3:15} From Jeremiah 22:11, it appears that Jehoahaz was the royal name taken on his anointing by Shallum, the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 23:31-37

VI. FINAL APOSTASY OF JUDAH AND THE CAPTIVITY 1. Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim CHAPTER 23:31-37 1. The three months’ reign of Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31-33 ; 2 Chronicles 36:1-2 ) 2. Jehoiakim made king (2 Kings 23:34-37 ; 2 Chronicles 36:4-5 ) Chronicles tells us that immediately after the death of Josiah, the people of the land took Jehoahaz (which means “Jehovah holds up”) and made him king. He was not the LORD’s choice, but the people’s choice. He was not the eldest son and therefore the... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:1-37

JOSIAH'S COVENANT AND JUDGMENT OF IDOLATRY (vv.1-20) Being king in Judah and therefore the representative of all the people, Josiah realised his responsibility of involving them all in hearing the Word of God. Beginning with the elders, he called the people to the house of the Lord. Thus, elders, priests, prophets and the common people were gathered (vv.1-2). There Josiah himself read all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which would include the five books of Moses. The king then made... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:1-37

JUDAH UNDER JOSIAH HIS IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS (2 Kings 21:1-26 ) Manasseh’s history shows that a good father does not always make a good son. The summary of his reign (2 Kings 21:1-9 ) ranks him with Ahaz, as the two wickedest kings Judah had known. Note that the same punishment which had fallen on Israel is soon to overtake Judah (2 Kings 21:13 ), and this despite Manasseh’s “humbleness,” as indicated in 2 Chronicles 33:11-19 . The brief reign of Amon (2 Kings 21:19-26 ) was in character... read more