Who
A son of Josiah, called Shallum in Jeremiah and Chronicles and Jehoahaz in Kings. When Josiah fell at Megiddo, Kings records: “The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place” (2 Kings 23:30). He reigned three months; Pharaoh Neco deposed him, put his brother Eliakim on the throne as Jehoiakim, and carried him off to Egypt, where he died (2 Kings 23:31–34). Jeremiah mourned him: “He won’t return there any more” (Jeremiah 22:11).
Key verses
- 2 Kings 23:30
His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
- 2 Kings 23:31
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15
The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
- Jeremiah 22:11
For the LORD says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: “He won’t return there any more.