³ And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

³¹ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

³² And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.

¹ Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

² Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

⁶ And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

²⁵ There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.