“His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.