2 Kings 23:31

“Jehoahaz was twenty three years old when he began to reign, etc.] Who seems to be the same with Shallum, (<242211>Jeremiah 22:11) and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; a short reign, being deposed by the king of Egypt, as after related: and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah; a city in the tribe of Judah, (<061029>Joshua 10:29 15:42).”

“23:31-34 Jehoahaz was named Shallum at birth (see study note on 1 Chr 3:15); his throne name Jehoahaz has been discovered among seals from the 600s BC. He was twenty-three years old, but his brother Jehoiakim was twenty-five (2 Kgs 23:36). There is no indication as to why the younger brother was made king. • The three months of Jehoahaz’s reign (in 609 BC) might coincide with the period in which Pharaoh Neco was attempting to aid the Assyrians (23:29).”

“Jehoahaz: Ch1 3:15; Jer 22:11, Shallum Hamutal: Kg2 24:18 4 Kings (2 Kings) 23:32”

“Reign of Jehoahaz (cf. Ch2 36:1-4). \- Jehoahaz, called significantly by Jeremiah ( Jer 22:11) Shallum, i.e., "to whom it is requited," reigned only three months, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as all his fathers had done. The people (or the popular party), who had preferred him to his elder brother, had apparently set great hopes upon him, as we may judge from Jer 22:10-12, and seem to have expected that his strength and energy would serve to avert the danger which threatened the kingdom on the part of Necho. Ezekiel ( Eze 19:3) compares him to a young lion which learned to catch the prey and devoured men, but, as soon as the nations heard of him, was taken in their pit and led by…”