2 Raja-raja 23:35

Untuk bisa membayar jumlah perak dan emas yang dituntut raja Mesir, Yoyakim memungut pajak dari rakyat. Tiap-tiap orang dikenai pajak yang berbeda sesuai kekayaan mereka masing-masing.

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.