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The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
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A Kingdom in Chaos
Commentators observe that this verse marks the end of orderly, firstborn succession for Judah's kings. The chaotic listing of Josiah's sons—which is not in order of age or reign—reflects the political and spiritual turmoil of the kingdom's final days before the Babylonian exile.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Of Josiah's sons, Johanan, the first-born, is mentioned only here and seems to have died either before his father or with him at Megiddo. …
19th Century
Anglican
And the sons of Josiah. —The regular succession by primogeniture ceases with Josiah.
The firstborn Johanan…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan Of whom we nowhere else read; he probably died before his father …
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