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Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim, [a] also sometimes spelled Jehoikim [b] was the eighteenth and antepenultimate King of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son of King Josiah ( 1 Chronicles 3:15) and Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. [2] His birth name was Eliakim.
- Zebudah
- Josiah
- 609–598 BC
- Jehoiachin
In Daniel 1:1,2, though ascribed to Jehoiakim's 3rd year, this same event is related as the result of a siege of Jerusalem. It is ambiguously intimated also that the king was deported; and among "the seed royal and of the nobles" who were of the company were Daniel and his three companions (Daniel 1:3,6). The manner of Jehoiakim's death is obscure.
Jehoiakim reigned under the protection of Necho for some time and paid heavy tribute. When the Neo-Babylonian empire, who in the Bible are called Chaldeans, under Nebuchadnezzar II defeated Egypt at the Battle of Carchemish (605), however, Jehoiakim changed his allegiance from the Egyptian king to Nebuchadnezzar. He remained loyal for three ...
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Jan 4, 2022 · Who was King Jehoiakim in the Bible? Jehoiakim (named Eliakim at birth, 2 Chronicles 36:4) was one of the last kings of Judah before the Babylonian Captivity. Jehoiakim was a son of good King Josiah ( Jeremiah 26:1) of Judah. His mother’s name was Zebidah ( 2 Kings 23:36 ). Jehoiakim’s father, King Josiah, had returned Judah to the Lord by ...
Aug 13, 2021 · Jehoiakim’s half brother Jehoahaz took the throne, but he didn’t last long. Three months into Jehoahaz’ evil reign, Pharaoh Necho, who’d invaded the land and killed Josiah, captured Jehoahaz and imprisoned him in Syria. Then the pharaoh made Eliakim king and changed his name to Jehoiakim (“Jeh will establish”).
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Jehoiakim. avenging, or establishing, or resurrection, of the Lord. Smith's Bible Dictionary. Jehoiakim. ( whom Jehovah sets up ), called Eliakim, son of Josiah and king of Judah. After deposing Jehoahaz, Pharaoh-necho set Eliakim, his elder brother, upon the throne, and changed his name to Jehoiakim, B.C. 608-597.
Jeremiah characterized Jehoiakim as “competing in cedar” ( Jer 22:15 ), greedy and unprincipled. He ordered the death of Uriah of Kiriath-jearim, who prophesied as Jeremiah did ( 26:20 ff.) “against this city,” but clearly it was the call to repent that was unacceptable to the people and leaders as well as to the king.
