2 Chronicles 36:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.”

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BSBPD

“Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A son of three and twenty years <FI>is<Fi> Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 36:2 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
  2. Isaiah 3:4“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

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