2 Kings 23:35 meaning and explanation
So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
2 Kings 23:35, Berean Standard Bible
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Pharaoh Neco of Egypt had defeated Judah and placed Eliakim on the throne, renaming him Jehoiakim as a sign of control. Verse 35 shows the cost of that subjection: the tribute of silver and gold imposed in verse 33 had to be raised, and Jehoiakim did it by taxing the land, taking from each person according to his wealth.
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