2 Chronicles 36:3
New International Version
The king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

New Living Translation
Then he was deposed by the king of Egypt, who demanded that Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold as tribute.

English Standard Version
Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Berean Standard Bible
And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

King James Bible
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

New King James Version
Now the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

New American Standard Bible
Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

NASB 1995
Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

NASB 1977
Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king of Egypt had him removed in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

Amplified Bible
Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

Christian Standard Bible
The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land seventy-five hundred pounds of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.

American Standard Version
And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Contemporary English Version
King Neco of Egypt captured Jehoahaz and forced Judah to pay 3.4 tons of silver and 34 kilograms of gold as taxes.

English Revised Version
And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and amerced the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The king of Egypt removed him from office in Jerusalem and fined the country 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.

Good News Translation
King Neco of Egypt took him prisoner and made Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold as tribute.

International Standard Version
after which the king of Egypt dethroned him and imposed a fine on the land of 100 talents of silver and one talent of gold.

Majority Standard Bible
And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

NET Bible
The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

New Heart English Bible
The king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

World English Bible
The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the king of Egypt turns him aside in Jerusalem, and fines the land one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold;

Young's Literal Translation
and turn him aside doth the king of Egypt in Jerusalem, and fineth the land a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold;

Smith's Literal Translation
And the king of Egypt will remove him in Jerusalem, and he will amerce the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king of Egypt came to Jerusalem, and deposed him, and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then the king of Egypt, when he had arrived in Jerusalem, removed him, and condemned the land to one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

New American Bible
The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the king of Egypt deposed him,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the King of Egypt took him away.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the king brought him over to Egypt; and imposed a tribute on the land, a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jehoahaz Succeeds Josiah
2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. 3And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.…

Cross References
2 Kings 23:33-34
And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. / Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.

Jeremiah 22:11-12
For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return, / but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”

Ezekiel 19:4
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

Daniel 1:1-2
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.

Jeremiah 25:1-3
This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. / So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows: / “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

Jeremiah 36:30-31
Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night. / I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”

2 Kings 24:1
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

Jeremiah 24:1
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

Jeremiah 52:31-34
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison. / And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. / So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. ...

2 Kings 24:17
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Jeremiah 29:1-2
This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. / (This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)

Matthew 1:11
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

Matthew 1:12
After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

Acts 7:43
You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’

Matthew 1:17
In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.


Treasury of Scripture

And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

put him down [heb] removed him

2 Kings 23:33
And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

condemned [heb] mulcted

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2 Chronicles 36
1. Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt
5. Jehoiakim reigning ill, is carried bound into Babylon
9. Jehoiachin succeeding, reigns ill, and is brought into Babylon
11. Zedekiah succeeding, reigns ill, despite the prophets, and rebels against Nebuchadnezzar
14. Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests and the people, is wholly destroyed
22. The proclamation of Cyrus














Then the king of Egypt
This phrase refers to Pharaoh Necho II, the ruler of Egypt during this period. Historically, Necho was a significant figure who sought to expand Egyptian influence into the Near East. His involvement in Judah's affairs highlights the geopolitical struggles of the time, where smaller nations like Judah were often caught between the ambitions of larger empires. The mention of Egypt here underscores the shifting power dynamics and the vulnerability of Judah in the face of foreign powers.

dethroned him in Jerusalem
The act of dethroning signifies a forceful removal from power, indicating a lack of autonomy for the Judean king. This phrase specifically refers to Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, who was made king by the people of Judah but reigned only three months before being deposed by Necho. The location, "in Jerusalem," emphasizes the humiliation and direct intervention in the heart of Judah's political and spiritual life. It serves as a reminder of the consequences of straying from God's covenant, as the Davidic line was meant to be a symbol of divine favor and stability.

and imposed on Judah a levy
The imposition of a levy indicates a form of tribute or tax, which was a common practice by conquering powers to assert dominance and extract wealth. This levy was not just a financial burden but also a symbol of subjugation, reflecting Judah's loss of sovereignty. Theologically, it can be seen as a consequence of the nation's disobedience to God, as the prophets had warned that turning away from God would lead to foreign domination.

of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold
The specific mention of "a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold" provides insight into the economic demands placed upon Judah. A talent was a significant weight, approximately 75 pounds or 34 kilograms, making this levy a substantial financial burden. Silver and gold were precious metals, often associated with wealth and power. This demand would have strained Judah's resources and served as a constant reminder of their subjugation. In a spiritual sense, it reflects the cost of disobedience and the loss of divine protection, as Judah was meant to be a nation blessed by God, yet here it is seen paying tribute to a foreign ruler.

(3) And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem.--Rather, removed him. 3 Esdr. 1:33 adds "from reigning," which is almost demanded by the context. The LXX. follows the reading of 2Kings 23:33 : "And Pharaoh-necho bound him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning (i.e., so that he reigned not) in Jerusalem "; but the Syriac and Vulg. support the existing Hebrew text. The LXX. begins the verse thus: "And he did the evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done; "and adds, after the clause about the fine, "and the king took him away to Egypt."

Condemned the land in.--Fined the land.--So Kings: "laid a fine upon the land."

Riblah was in Syria, on the river Orontes. Necho may have ordered or enticed Jehoahaz to meet him there.

Verse 3. - Put him down; Hebrew, וַיְסִירֵהוּ; i.e. deposed him (Revised Version). At Jerusalem. In something more than three months Pharaoh-Necho seems to have been returning, and in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem. The parallel (2 Kings 23:31) tells us that he put Jahoahaz "in bands" at "Riblath in the land of Hamath" (Ezekiel 19:4). And condemned the land; i.e. inflicted a fine on the land; Hebrew, וַיַּעֲנשׁ. From this time nothing further is heard of Jehoahaz or Shallum.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And the king
מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Egypt
מִצְרַ֖יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

dethroned him
וַיְסִירֵ֥הוּ (way·sî·rê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

in Jerusalem
בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (bî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

and imposed
וַֽיַּעֲנֹשׁ֙ (way·ya·‘ă·nōš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6064: To urge, to inflict a, penalty, to fine

on [Judah] {a levy}
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of a hundred
מֵאָ֥ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

talents
כִכַּר־ (ḵik·kar-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)

of silver
כֶּ֖סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

and a talent
וְכִכַּ֥ר (wə·ḵik·kar)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)

of gold.
זָהָֽב׃ (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky


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