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2 Kings 23:35-37
New English Translation
2 Kings 23:35-37
New English Translation
35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the required amount of silver and gold, but to meet Pharaoh’s demands Jehoiakim had to tax the land. He collected an assessed amount from each man among the people of the land in order to pay Pharaoh Necho.[a]
Jehoiakim’s Reign over Judah
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother[b] was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah. 37 He did evil in the sight of[c] the Lord as his ancestors had done.
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- 2 Kings 23:35 tn Heb “And the silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the silver at the command of Pharaoh, [from] each according to his tax he collected the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh Necho.”
- 2 Kings 23:36 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
- 2 Kings 23:37 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
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