2 Chronicles 36:1 - Exposition

The people of the land took Jehoahaz (see parallel, 2 Kings 23:30 ). The form of expression may indicate the hearty zeal of the nation for this chosen son of Josiah, who seems to have been not the eldest. In the next verse, as Revised Version, he is called Joahaz . In 1 Chronicles 3:15 , as in the affecting passage Jeremiah 22:10-12 , his name appears as Shallum . His mother's name was Hamutal, while the name of the mother of his immediate sue-cessor was Zebudah ( 2 Kings 23:31 and 2 Kings 23:36 ).