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On the death of his father his younger brother Jehoahaz (=Shallum, Jeremiah 22:11), who favoured the Chaldeans against the Egyptians, was made king by the people; but the king of Egypt, Pharaoh-necho, invaded the land and deposed Jehoahaz ( 2 Kings 23:33 2 Kings 23:34; Jeremiah 22:10-12), setting Eliakim on the throne in his stead, and changing ...
Jan 4, 2022 · After Jehoiakim’s ignoble death, his son Jehoiachin succeeded him as the new king in Judah. Jehoiachin reigned only three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9) before he, too, was taken to Babylon while the foreign king appointed his successor (2 Chronicles 36:10).
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah. 37 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done.
King of Judah (608-597 B.C. ); eldest son of Josiah, and brother and successor of Jehoahaz (Shallum), whom Pharaohnecho had deposed. When placed on the throne, his name, originally "Eliakim," was changed to "Jehoiakim" (II Kings xxiii. 34). During his reign Nebuchadnezzar invaded Palestine, entered Jerusalem, and compelled Jehoiakim to pay ...
ATS Bible Dictionary. Jehoiakim. Or ELIAKIM, second son of Josiah, brother and successor of Jehoahaz or Shallum, king of Judah, for whom he was substituted by the king of Egypt. He was king during eleven years of luxury, extortion, and idolatry. In the third year, Nebuchadnezzar carried to Babylon a part of his princes and treasures.
Jehoiakim’s eleventh year began in Tishri or in Nisan 598 b.c.; his fourth, which saw the battle of Carchemish , began in Tishri 606 or Nisan 605. Josiah prob. used a fall regnal year ( see Josiah , 4/b); Jehoiakim’s first would then run from Tishri 609 b.c. , with his accession a little earlier.
Only in the seventh year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar (the 11 th of Jehoiakim or perhaps, after his death, during the brief reign of his son Jehoiachin) did the siege of Jerusalem begin. It ended on the second day of Adar, on March 15/16, 597 b.c.e., with the surrender and exile of the new king, Jehoiachin.
