Verse 31
REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ, 2 Kings 23:31-35.
31. Twenty and three years old So he was not the real heir to the throne, for Eliakim, (2 Kings 23:34,) who was placed on the throne a few months later, was nearly two years older. But “the people of the land,” who elected him in place of his elder brother, seem to have discerned in him certain energetic and enterprising or heroic qualities, which were, perhaps, wanting in Eliakim, who was disposed to idleness and luxury. Compare Jeremiah 22:10-19, where Jehoahaz is called Shallum.
Three months Merely the time that Pharaoh-necho was engaged in the conquest of Carchemish.
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