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.
Parallel translations
- WEB The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- KJV 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.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV 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.
- NLT 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.
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The king of Egypt deposes Jehoahaz and imposes a heavy tribute on Judah. Judah is now subject to foreign control.
Overview
Pharaoh Neco removes Jehoahaz and exacts silver and gold from the land, demonstrating Judah's loss of independence. The same Egyptian power that defeated Josiah now dominates his successors. This subjugation is an early step in the judgment falling on a covenant-breaking nation, fulfilling warnings that disobedience would bring foreign oppression (Deuteronomy 28).
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- 2 Kgs 23:33Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
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