Although he was two years younger than his brother, Eliakim, he was elected to succeed his father on the throne at the age of twenty-three, under the name Jehoahaz. This fact attests the popularity of the young man, and probably also his political affiliations or policy, as being in line with those of his father.[1] He reigned for only three months,[2] before being deposed by the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II and taken into Egyptian captivity. 2 Kings 23:31-34