And the sons of Josiah, after whose death the disintegration of the kingdom set-in in earnest, were: the first born, Johanan (or Jehoahaz), who reigned only three months; the second, Jehoiakim, invested with the royal power by Pharaoh-nechoh; the third, Zedekiah, whose original name was Mattaniah; the fourth, Shallum.

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