2 Tawarikh 36:3-4

36:3 The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax ¹  of one hundred talents ²  of silver and a talent of gold. 36:4 The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s ³  brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Necho seized his brother Jehoahaz and took him to Egypt.

Yehezkiel 19:3-4

19:3 She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion.

He learned to tear prey; he devoured people. ⁴ 

19:4 The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit.

They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. ⁵ 

[36:3]  ¹ tn Or “a fine.”

[36:3]  ² tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).

[36:4]  ³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoahaz) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “a man.”

[19:4]  ⁵ sn The description applies to king Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31-34; Jer 22:10-12).