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: ''This article is about the second king by this name of the [[Southern Kingdom]]. For the three other kings known by this name, see [[Jehoahaz (disambiguation)]]''

: ''This article is about the second king by this name of the [[Southern Kingdom]]. For the three other kings known by this name, see [[Jehoahaz (disambiguation)]]''

'''Jehoahaz II''' ([[Hebrew]] '''יהורםאחז''' [[YHWH]] has held), or '''Shallum''' (633-r. 610-d. aft. 610 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]]<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 732, 760-761</ref>, or 632-r. 609-d. aft. 609 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), p. 315</ref>), was the sixteenth king of the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]] and the first of its kings to die in exile.<ref name=Wikipedia>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoahaz_of_Judah Jehoahaz of Judah] by [[Wikipedia]]</ref> (King [[Hoshea]] of the [[Northern Kingdom]] also died in exile.)

'''Jehoahaz II''' ([[Hebrew]] '''יהורםאחז''' [[YHWH]] has held), or '''Shallum''' (633-r. 610-d. aft. 610 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 732, 760-761</ref> or 632-r. 609-d. aft. 609 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), p. 315</ref>), was the sixteenth king of the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]] and the first of its kings to die in exile.<ref name=Wikipedia>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoahaz_of_Judah Jehoahaz of Judah] by [[Wikipedia]]</ref> (King [[Hoshea]] of the [[Northern Kingdom]] also died in exile.)

== Life and Family ==

== Life and Family ==

His birth name was Shallum,<ref name=brothers>{{Bible ref|book=I_Chronicles|chap=3|verses=15|version=KJV}}</ref> but his father changed it to Jehoahaz later in his life. Why [[Josiah]] so acted, the [[Bible]] does not say. Perhaps Josiah did this after reading the full history of the [[Shallum]] of the [[Northern Kingdom]], who was a regicide and who died at the hand of still another regicide ([[Menahem]]).

His birth name was Shallum,<ref name=brothers>{{Bible ref|book=I_Chronicles|chap=3|verses=15|version=KJV}}</ref> but his father changed it to Jehoahaz later in his life. Why [[Josiah]] so acted, the [[Bible]] does not say. Perhaps Josiah did this after reading the full history of the [[Shallum]] of the [[Northern Kingdom]], who was a regicide and who died at the hand of still another regicide ([[Menahem]]).

He was born in the eighteenth year of his father's reign. His mother was [[Hamutal]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=24|verses=31|version=KJV}}</ref> He had three known brothers.<ref name=brothers/> The first-born, [[Johanan]]<ref name=Ussher2>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pgh. 732</ref>, bears little distinction. Another, [[Jehoiakim]], was his half-brother by [[Zebudah]] and was in fact two years older than he. His third, full brother was [[Zedekiah]].

He was born in the eighteenth year of his father's reign. His mother was [[Hamutal]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=24|verses=31|version=KJV}}</ref> He had three known brothers.<ref name=brothers/> The first-born, [[Johanan]],<ref name=Ussher2>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pgh. 732</ref> bears little distinction. Another, [[Jehoiakim]], was his half-brother by [[Zebudah]] and was in fact two years older than he. His third, full brother was [[Zedekiah]].

== Accession ==

== Accession ==

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== See Also ==

== See also ==

* [[Josiah]]

* [[Josiah]]

* [[Jehoiakim]]

* [[Jehoiakim]]