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2 Chronicles 36:2

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What does 2 Chronicles 36:2 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:2 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 36

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father`s stead in Jerusalem.
2Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
5Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“he reigned three months in Jerusalem--His possession of sovereign power was of but very brief duration; for Necho determined to follow up the advantage he had gained in Judah; and, deeming it expedient to have a king of his own nomination on the throne of that country, he deposed the popularly elected monarch and placed his brother Eliakim or Jehoiakim on the throne, whom he anticipated to be a mere obsequious vassal. The course of events seems to have been this: on receiving intelligence after the battle of the accession of Jehoahaz to the throne, and perhaps also in consequence of the complaint which Eliakim brought before him in regard to this matter, Necho set out with a part of his…”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“36:2 Jehoahaz’s reign of three months was in 609 BC.”
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