Text: 2 Chronicles 36:1
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 23:31
Subject: rule of Jehoahaz
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts introduce Jehoahaz's brief three-month reign using similar language: "The people of the land" (עַם הָאָרֶץ) installed him as king after Josiah's death. Both record his negative evaluation and his removal by Pharaoh Neco, who replaced him with his brother Eliakim (renamed Jehoiakim). The people's choice of Jehoahaz (the younger son) over his older brother was likely politically motivated — favoring an anti-Egyptian candidate — but Neco quickly reversed this decision, demonstrating that Judah had lost effective sovereignty to Egypt after Josiah's death at Megiddo.