Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah: The accounts of the last four kings of Judah are very brief. Two of them (Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin) ruled for only about three months each, while the other two (Jehoiakim and Zedekiah) each ruled for eleven years. Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim therefore were nothing more than transitional figures bracketing the rule of King Jehoiakim of Judah and leading to the rule of Zedekiah. Although Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim were still successors to the throne of their respective fathers, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah were actually puppet figures put on the throne by the Egyptian and Babylonian kings, respectively (36:4, 10). The Chronicler made use of the Deuteronomistic accounts of these kings’ reigns (in 2 Kgs. 23:31–24:20) but abbreviated even further the already short acc…