Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 23:30

30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre: and the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah , and anointed him , and made him king in his fathers stead.

i. e. Mortally Wounded, as in the former Verse; and as we commonly say of a sick man, past hopes of Recovery, that he is a dead man; Compare Gen. 20. 3.

Who was younger than Iehoiakim, by comparing ver. 31. with 36. yet preferred by the People before the elder Brother; either because Iehojakim refused the Kingdom for fear of Pharaoh, whom he knew he should hereby provoke▪ or because, Iehoahaz was the more Stout and Warlike Prince; whence he is called a Lion, Ezek. 19. 3. though indeed he shewed his Courage more against his People, than his Enemies: but they judged, that he was most able and willing to defend them against the Conquering Army.

As they used to do in such Extraordinary Cases, because this was a troublesome time, and he was not the right Heir to the Crown, and therefore needed this Solemn Rite of Confirmation, which Solomon had in the same Circumstances.

Marginal references: 2 Chron. 36. 1.; 1 Chron. 3▪ 1[illegible: 1+ letters]. [illegible: 1+ letters]er. 22. 11. Shall[illegible: 1+ letters].