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== Life and Family ==

== Life and Family ==

His birth name was Shallum,<ref name=brothers>{{Bible ref|book=I_Chronicles|chap=3|verses=15}}</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}}</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 ==

He acceded to the throne of the Southern Kingdom after his father died in battle against [[Pharaoh]] [[Necho II]] of [[Egypt]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=24|verses=29-30}}</ref><ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=25|verses=23-24}}</ref> [[James Ussher|Ussher]] says that the people of the kingdom acclaimed him in order to have a king in the land, in fear of an invasion by Necho. Why the people acclaimed him instead of his older brother, again the [[Bible]] does not say.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=36|verses=1}}</ref><ref name=Ussher3>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pgh. 760</ref>

He acceded to the throne of the Southern Kingdom after his father died in battle against [[Pharaoh]] [[Necho II]] of [[Egypt]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=24|verses=29-30|version=KJV}}</ref><ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=25|verses=23-24|version=KJV}}</ref> [[James Ussher|Ussher]] says that the people of the kingdom acclaimed him in order to have a king in the land, in fear of an invasion by Necho. Why the people acclaimed him instead of his older brother, again the [[Bible]] does not say.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=36|verses=1|version=KJV}}</ref><ref name=Ussher3>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pgh. 760</ref>

Shortly after Jehoahaz came to the throne, the [[prophet]] [[Jeremiah (prophet)|Jeremiah]] came to call on him, and warned him that [[God]] was angry with the kings of the Southern Kingdom and the he, Jehoahaz, would be taken prisoner and deported to Egypt and would never see his native land again.<ref name=Jeremiah>{{Bible ref|book=Jeremiah|chap=22|verses=1-2,10-12}}</ref><ref name=Ussher5>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pgh. 762</ref>

Shortly after Jehoahaz came to the throne, the [[prophet]] [[Jeremiah (prophet)|Jeremiah]] came to call on him, and warned him that [[God]] was angry with the kings of the Southern Kingdom and the he, Jehoahaz, would be taken prisoner and deported to Egypt and would never see his native land again.<ref name=Jeremiah>{{Bible ref|book=Jeremiah|chap=22|verses=1-2,10-12|version=KJV}}</ref><ref name=Ussher5>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pgh. 762</ref>

== Reign, Exile, and Succession ==

== Reign, Exile, and Succession ==

Jehoahaz reigned only three months, and seems not to have listened to Jeremiah. He practiced all of the idolatrous evils that many of his forbears ([[descendant of::Manasseh King of Judah|Manasseh]], [[descendant of::Jehoahaz I|Ahaz]], and others) had practiced.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=24|verses=32}}</ref><ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=36|verses=2}}</ref><ref name=CCM>David Holt Boshert, Jr., and David Ettinger, [http://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/kings/jehoahaz.htm Jehoahaz King of Judah], Christ-Centered Mall. Retrieved April 10, 2007</ref><ref name=WebBible>[http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/jehoahaz.html Jehoahaz] at the [http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/home.html WebBible Encyclopedia]</ref><ref name=Ussher3/>

Jehoahaz reigned only three months, and seems not to have listened to Jeremiah. He practiced all of the idolatrous evils that many of his forbears ([[descendant of::Manasseh King of Judah|Manasseh]], [[descendant of::Jehoahaz I|Ahaz]], and others) had practiced.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=24|verses=32|version=KJV}}</ref><ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=36|verses=2|version=KJV}}</ref><ref name=CCM>David Holt Boshert, Jr., and David Ettinger, [http://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/kings/jehoahaz.htm Jehoahaz King of Judah], Christ-Centered Mall. Retrieved April 10, 2007</ref><ref name=WebBible>[http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/jehoahaz.html Jehoahaz] at the [http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/home.html WebBible Encyclopedia]</ref><ref name=Ussher3/>

Then [[Necho II|Necho]] returned from his apparently successful action at [[Carchemish]] and apparently exacted a severe punishment for all the trouble that Josiah had caused him. He exacted a tribute of one hundred [[silver]] [[talent]]s and one [[gold]] talent. He removed Jehohaz from his throne and made him his prisoner. Then he placed his older brother [[Jehoiakim]] on the throne instead of him.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=24|verses=33-34}}</ref><ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=36|verses=3-4}}</ref><ref name=Ussher4>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pgh. 761</ref><ref name=Columbia>[http://www.bartleby.com/aol/65/je/Jehoahaz.html Jehoahaz] in the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., Columbia University Press, 2000. Retrieved April 10, 2007.</ref><ref name=Konig>George Konig, [http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p76.htm#jehoahaz1 Jehoahaz, King of Judah], AboutBibleProphecy.com, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2007.</ref><ref name=Bratcher>Dennis Bratcher, [http://www.cresourcei.org/othbabylon.html The Rise of Babylon and Exile (640-538 BC)], 2006. Retrieved April 10, 2007.</ref>

Then [[Necho II|Necho]] returned from his apparently successful action at [[Carchemish]] and apparently exacted a severe punishment for all the trouble that Josiah had caused him. He exacted a tribute of one hundred [[silver]] [[talent]]s and one [[gold]] talent. He removed Jehohaz from his throne and made him his prisoner. Then he placed his older brother [[Jehoiakim]] on the throne instead of him.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=24|verses=33-34|version=KJV}}</ref><ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=36|verses=3-4|version=KJV}}</ref><ref name=Ussher4>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pgh. 761</ref><ref name=Columbia>[http://www.bartleby.com/aol/65/je/Jehoahaz.html Jehoahaz] in the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., Columbia University Press, 2000. Retrieved April 10, 2007.</ref><ref name=Konig>George Konig, [http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p76.htm#jehoahaz1 Jehoahaz, King of Judah], AboutBibleProphecy.com, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2007.</ref><ref name=Bratcher>Dennis Bratcher, [http://www.cresourcei.org/othbabylon.html The Rise of Babylon and Exile (640-538 BC)], 2006. Retrieved April 10, 2007.</ref>

Jehoahaz was forcibly removed to Egypt, and there he eventually died.

Jehoahaz was forcibly removed to Egypt, and there he eventually died.