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Quick Reference Dictionary. Jehoiakim. Easton's Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim [N] [H] [S] he whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B.C. 610-599). His original name was Eliakim (q.v.).
Jan 4, 2022 · Question. Who was King Jehoiakim in the Bible? Answer. 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, also sometimes spelled Jehoikim 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. His birth name was Eliakim.
- Zebudah
- Josiah
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- Jehoiachin
Jehoiakim, in the Old Testament (II Kings 23:34–24:17; Jeremiah 22:13–19; II Chronicles 36:4–8), was son of King Josiah and king of Judah (c. 609–598 bce ). When Josiah died at Megiddo, his younger son, Jehoahaz (or Shallum), was chosen king by the Judahites, but the Egyptian conqueror Necho II took Jehoahaz to Egypt and made Jehoiakim ...
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2 Kings 24:8-25:30. New International Version. Jehoiachin King of Judah. 8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. 9 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father had done.
Aug 13, 2021 · 1. A godly leader can delay God’s wrath while an evil leader hastens it. Jehoiakim’s great-grandpa, Manassah, was one of the most evil kings Judah had yet seen. Because of his deeds, God declared he would bring great calamity on Jerusalem and Judah ( 2 Kings 21:11-12 ).
Son of Jehoiakim, and the last king of Judah before the Exile (597 b.c. ). 1. Chronology. Jehoiachin reigned three months and ten days ( 2 Chron 36:9 ), from the death of his father till the capture of Jerusalem (March 16, 597 b.c., dated by the Babylonian Chronicle).
