allowing the deported Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.

Jehoahaz king of Judah (36:1-4)

The regnal account of Jehoahaz is brief and omits details of the journey to the land of Hamath as well as the concluding judgement (as with the account Abijah, the only other king to get this treatment). Mathys links this to the positive verdict in the Book of Jeremiah .

Verse 1

:Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in

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