The Story of Man - Jeremiah Warns Judah - Basil Wolverton - June 1971

Basil Wolverton

According to Josiah's wish, his grandson, then eight years old, was to succeed him. But he was removed from any opportunity to reign after ten days' time. Neither did Josiah's eldest son, Eliakim, succeed his father because the people of Judah believed he would regard the king of Egypt as their master. Instead, they put Eliakim's younger halfbrother Jehoahaz on the throne. Meanwhile, the Egyptians were not victorious over the Babylonian king as they had hoped to be. The Chaldeans pursued the Egyptians southwestward for hundreds of miles. Later, with the Chaldeans on their way back home, Necho had freedom to demand of Jerusalem that Eliakim should be made king. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library