Jehoahaz of Judah

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Not to be confused with Ahaziah of Judah, who is referred to as Jehoahaz in 2 Chronicles.
Jehoahaz
King of Judah
Reign609 BC
PredecessorJosiah
SuccessorJehoiakim
BornShallum
c. 633/632 BC
HouseHouse of David
FatherJosiah
MotherHamautal

Jehoahaz III of Judah (

king of Judah (3 months in 609 BC) and the fourth son[2] of king Josiah whom he succeeded.[3] His mother was Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. He was born in 633/632 BC.[4]

Background

In the spring or early summer of 609 BC, Pharaoh

Megiddo by the Judean army led by Josiah. After a fierce battle Josiah was killed. The Assyrians and their allies the Egyptians fought the Babylonians at Harran. The Babylonian Chronicle dates the battle from Tammuz (July–August) to Elul (August–September) of 609 BC. Josiah was therefore killed in the month of Tammuz, 609 BC, or the month prior, when the Egyptians were on their way to Harran.[5]
Chronological considerations related to his successor limit the month in which Josiah was killed and Jehoahaz took the throne to Tammuz.

Reign

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 Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:34). This fact attests the popularity of the young man, and probably also his political affiliations or policy, as being in line with those of his father.

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He disregarded the reforms of his father Josiah. (2 Kings 23:32)

Both William F. Albright and E. R. Thiele dated his reign to 609 BC,[6] making his birth in 633/632 BC.

Necho II deposes Jehoahaz

After the failed siege of Harran, Necho left a sizable force behind, but returned himself to Egypt. On his return march, he found that the Judeans had selected Jehoahaz to succeed his father Josiah. Necho brought Jehoahaz to Riblah and imprisoned him there. He then deposed Jehoahaz and replaced him with his older brother Eliakim as king, changing his name to Jehoiakim. Jehoahaz had ruled for three months. Necho brought Jehoahaz back to Egypt as his prisoner, where Jehoahaz ended his days.[7] The prophet Jeremiah said of him to "weep bitterly for him who is exiled, because he will never return nor see his native land again."(Jeremiah 22:10)

References

  1. ^ 1 Chronicles 3:15
  2. ^ a b Hirsch, Emil G. and Ira Maurice Prie (1906). "Jehoahaz", Jewish Encyclopedia
  3. ^ a b Kautzsch, E. "Jehoahaz", The New Scaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol.IV, Samuel Macauley Jackson (ed.), Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1953)
  4. ISBN 978-0-567-32754-3
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  5. ^ Thiele, 182, 184-185.
  6. ISBN 0-8254-3825-X
    , 9780825438257, 217.
  7. Philip J. King
    , Jeremiah: An Archaeological Companion (Westminster John Knox Press, 1993), page 20.
Jehoahaz of Judah
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Judah
Tammuz (July) to
Tishri (October) 609 BC 		Succeeded by
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