Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

New American Standard Bible

Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.

King James Version

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

Holman Bible

Then the common people took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

International Standard Version

After this, the people of the land installed Josiah's son Jehoahaz in Jerusalem as king to take his father's place.

A Conservative Version

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

American Standard Version

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

Amplified

Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

Darby Translation

And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead, in Jerusalem.

Julia Smith Translation

And the people of the land will take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and make him king instead of his father in Jerusalem.

King James 2000

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.

Modern King James verseion

And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king for his father in Jerusalem.

NET Bible

The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.

New Heart English Bible

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.

The Emphasized Bible

And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, - and made him king instead of his father, in Jerusalem.

Webster

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

World English Bible

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Then the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

of the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

יהואחז 
Y@how'achaz 
Usage: 23

of Josiah
יאשׁיּהוּ יאשׁיּה 
Yo'shiyah 
Usage: 53

and made him king
מלך 
Malak 
Usage: 350

References

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Context Readings

The Decline Of Judah

1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.

Cross References

Jeremiah 22:11

For this is what the Lord has said about Shallum, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in place of Josiah his father, who went out from this place: He will never come back there again:

2 Kings 23:30-37

And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.

1 Chronicles 3:15

And the sons of Josiah: the oldest Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

2 Chronicles 26:1

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

2 Chronicles 33:25

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.

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