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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. [c]
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 ...
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Jehoiakim ("he whom Jehovah has set up," Hebrew: יהוֹיָקִים) was one of the last kings of Judah. The son of King Josiah, Jehoiakim succeeded his younger brother Jehoahaz on the throne of Judah as a result of Jehoahaz's being deposed by Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt. Originally named Eliakim, he became king at the age of 25 and reigned ...
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.
The same explanation applies to 2Ki 23:34, where Eliakim or Jehoiakim is said to have succeeded his father Josiah, whereas the reign of Jehoahaz intervened. This was also so short, however, as not to be reckoned in the succession. In Mt 1:11, in the received text, the name of Jehoiakim (Ι᾿ωακείμ, "Jakim") is omitted, making Jehoiachin ...
Feb 28, 2017 · The First Exile. A little over eleven and a half years before the destruction of the First Temple in 586 B.C.E ., an eighteen year old lad named Jehoiachin ascended the throne of Judah precisely as the Babylonian army was marching toward Jerusalem to lay a siege on the city. מלכים ב כד:ח בֶּן שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה ...
