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2 Kings - Chapter 23b-24a - The Reigns of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim
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King Josiah, the last "good" king of Judah died because he fought Pharaoh Neco of Egypt. His son, Jehoahaz became king for three months, but then Pharaoh Neco came and took him to Egypt where he died, and Neco placed Eliakim king in Judah. He changed his name to Jehoiakim. Judah was now a vassal nation to Egypt, and they had to pay tribute money to them. During this time, Assyria was demolished by Babylon, and so the troops of Babylon headed south toward Judah and Egypt. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah, and Jehoiakim paid tribute to Babylon instead of to Egypt now. It was during this invasion that Nebuchadnezzar took the first set of exiles to Babylon. This passage ends with a note that Neco the king of Egypt did not leave his own country, because Babylon had invaded his territory, which now extends from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
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