Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
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Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
A son of 23 years was Joahaz when he became king. And three months he reigned in Jerusalem.
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Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three mouths in Jerusalem.
Iehoahaz was three and twentie yeere old when he began to reigne, and he reigned three moneths in Ierusalem.
Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
A son of three and twenty years `is' Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
Jehoahaz [is] a son of twenty-three years in his reigning, and he has reigned three months in Jerusalem,
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
A son of 23 years was Joahaz when he became king. And three months he reigned in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is יוֹאָחָ֣ז Joahaz H3099 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
יוֹאָחָ֣ז Joahaz H3099 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Verb forms
Repetition
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 68 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably longer here. See the side-by-side →
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Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
Here the Septuagint runs noticeably longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 68 words vs World English Bible 17. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
בֶּן שָׁל֧וֹשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה יוֹאָחָ֣ז בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
World English Bible · Public Domain
υἱός εἴκοσι καί τρεῖς ἔτος ιωαχαζ ἐν ὁ βασιλεύω αὐτός καί τρίμηνος βασιλεύω ἐν ἰερουσαλήμ καί ὄνομα ὁ μήτηρ αὐτός αμιταλ θυγάτηρ ἰερεμίας ἐκ λοβενα καί ποιέω ὁ πονηρός ἐνώπιον κύριος κατά πᾶς ὅς ποιέω ὁ πατήρ αὐτός καί δέω αὐτός φαραώ νεχαω ἐν δεβλαθα ἐν γῆ εμαθ ὁ μή βασιλεύω αὐτός ἐν ἰερουσαλήμ
Joachaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. And Pharao Nechao bound him in Deblatha in the land of Aemath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 10 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yôwʼâchâz (“Joahaz”). The Greek Septuagint runs longer here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 2 Chronicles 36:2 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.