2 Kings 23:36 KJV
Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
2 Kings 23:36 MKJV
Jehoiakim [was] twenty-five years old when he began to reign. And he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
2 Kings 23:36 NKJV
Jehoiakim [was] twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name [was] Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
2 Kings 23:36 KJV 2000
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
Interlinear KJV
Jehoiakim /Y@howyaqiym/ was twenty /`esriym/ and five /chamesh/ years /shaneh (in pl. only),/ old /ben/ when he began to reign; /malak/ and he reigned /malak/ eleven /’echad/ /`asar/ years /shaneh (in pl. only),/ in Jerusalem. /Y@ruwshalaim/ And his mother’s /’em/ name /shem/ was Zebudah, /Z@biydah/ the daughter /bath/ of Pedaiah /P@dayah/ of Rumah. /Ruwmah/
Matthew Poole’s Commentary
Ver. 36. When he began to reign; either,
1. When he began to reign alone, and with full power, or after Jehoahaz’s death; till which the people would not disown him whom they had anointed king, which was esteemed a great tie, 2Sa 19:10; nor own or accept Jehoiakim as their king, but only as his brother’s viceroy, though Pharaoh had by violence forced him upon them. And so Jehoahaz might be his elder brother, and the same who is called Johanan, and is first mentioned, as the eldest son, 1Ch 3:15, though he may be placed first not in regard of his birth, but of his dignity, the crown being first put upon his head. Or,
2. When he was first set up by Pharaoh; and so this was the elder brother, though by popular violence put by his right: See Poole “2Ki 23:30”.
Patrick/Lowth/Whitby/Lowman Commentary
In the very beginning of his reign Jeremiah was sent to him with a message from God, to bring him to repentance, Jer 26:1-3, (Jer 27). Where he seems 2Ki 23:12 to have told his brother Zedekiah that he should be king, if Jehoiakim was disobedient; and exhorts him not to be so.