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2 Kings 23:35-37
Lexham English Bible
2 Kings 23:35-37
Lexham English Bible
35 The silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh; however, he taxed the land to give the silver to meet the demands of Pharaoh.[a] Each according to assessment, he exacted payment of the silver and the gold from the people of the land to give to Pharaoh Neco.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebudah,[b] the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah. 37 He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh according to all that his ancestors[c] had done.
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- 2 Kings 23:35 Literally “on the hunger of Pharaoh”
- 2 Kings 23:36 According to the reading tradition (Qere); Kethib reads “Zebidah”
- 2 Kings 23:37 Or “fathers”
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