Jehoahaz of Judah

of Judah Jehoahaz or Joachaz in the Douay-Rheims and some other English translations ( Hebrew : יְהוֹאָחָז , Modern : Yeho'aẖaz , Tiberian : Yəhôʼāḥāz , " Yahweh has held"; Iōakhaz ; ) was king of Judah (3 months in 609 BC) and son of king Josiah whom he succeeded and Hamautal , daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ( 2 Kings 23:31 ) He was born in 633/632 BC and his birth name was Shallum ( 1 Chronicles 3:15 ). Although he was two years younger than his brother, Eliakim , he was elected to succeed his father on the throne at the age of twenty-three, under the name Jehoahaz. He reigned for only three months, before being deposed by the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II ( 2 Kings 23:31–34 ) and taken into Egytian captivity. He disregarded the reforms of his father Josiah. Thiele dated his reign to 609 BC , making his birth in 633/632 BC.

Jechoniah is generally seen as the child on the right with Josiah being the man holding him. The boy being held by the woman is intended as one of Jechoniah's brothers. Jehoahaz or Joachaz in the Douay-Rheims and some other English translations ( Hebrew : יְהוֹאָחָז , Modern : Yeho'aẖaz , Tiberian : Yəhôʼāḥāz , " Yahweh has held"; Iōakhaz ; ) was king of Judah (3 months in 609 BC) and the third son of king Josiah whom he succeeded. His mother was Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. He was born in 633/632 BC and his birth name was Shallum .

Jechoniah is generally seen as the child on the right with Josiah being the man holding him. The boy being held by the woman is intended as one of Jechoniah's brothers. Jehoahaz of Judah ( , Yehoaḥaz , " Yahweh has held"; Iōakhaz ; ) was the seventeenth king of Judah (3 months in 609 BC) and the fourth son of king Josiah whom he succeeded. His mother was Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. He was born in 633/632 BC and his birth name was Shallum. 1 Chronicles 3:15 Hirsch, Emil G. and Ira Maurice Prie (1906). "Was the Chronicler a Historian?", The Chronicler as Historian .

Jehoahaz III of Judah ( , Yəhō’aḥaz , " Yahweh has held"; Iōakhaz ; ), also called Shallum , was the seventeenth king of Judah (3 months in 609 BC) and the fourth son of king Josiah whom he succeeded. His mother was Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. "Was the Chronicler a Historian?", The Chronicler as Historian .

17th King of Judah Not to be confused with Ahaziah of Judah , who is referred to as Jehoahaz in 2 Chronicles. Jehoahaz III of Judah ( Hebrew : יְהוֹאָחָז , Yəhō’aḥaz , " Yahweh has held"; Greek : Ιωαχαζ Iōakhaz ; Latin : Joachaz ), also called Shallum , was the seventeenth king of Judah (3 months in 609 BC) and the fourth son of king Josiah whom he succeeded. His mother was Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. "Was the Chronicler a Historian?", The Chronicler as Historian .