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Key facts
- Reign
- 609 BC
- Predecessor
- Josiah
- Successor
- Jehoiakim
- Born
- Shallum , c. 633/632 BC
- House
- House of David
- Father
- Josiah
- Mother
- Hamautal
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Judah
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of Judah
- Place of death
- Egypt
- Father
- Josiah
- Sibling
- Jehoiakim
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Image
- Joachaz, Jojakim en Jojachin Koningen van Juda (serietitel) Theatrum biblicum (..) (serietitel), RP-P-1904-3500.jpg
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- date of death
- 0609-00-00
- present in work
- Second Book of Chronicles
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- date of birth
- 0633-00-00
- different from
- Jehoahaz
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Jehoahaz of Judah (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָחָז, Yəhō’āḥāz, "Yahweh has held"; Greek: Ιωαχαζ Iōakhaz; Latin: Joachaz), also called Shallum, was the seventeenth king of Judah (3 months in 609 BC) and the fourth son of king Josiah whom he succeeded. His mother was Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. He was born in 633/632 BC.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jehoahaz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.