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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 ...
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.
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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.
Jehoiakim was the son of King Josiah and king of Judah. He was made king with the support of the Egyptian king Necho II. He allied with Nebuchadnezzar II when the latter defeated Egypt at Carchemish before revolting three years later.
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Jan 4, 2022 · During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Jerusalem. Jehoiakim became Nebuchadnezzar’s vassal for three years, but then he rebelled. In response, the Babylonians proceeded to attack Judah, and God sent Aramean, Moabite, and Amonite raiders against Judah as well (2 Kings 24:2).
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.
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