Jehoiakim
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- For other persons named Joachim, see Joachim (disambiguation).
Jehoiakim ("he whom Jehovah has set up," Hebrew language: יהוֹיָקִים) was a Jewish king, whose original name was Eliakim. Jehoiakim took the throne at the age of twenty-five ([2 Kings] 23:36), and reigned between 609 and 598 B.C.E.[1]. His name is also sometimes spelled Jehoikim.
He was the son of Josiah by Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah, and king of Judah. He was also the husband of Nehushta and the father of King Jehoiachin. He is known for burning the manuscript of one of the prophecies of Jeremiah. He refused to continue paying tribute to Nebuchadrezzar II, which resulted in the subsequent Siege and Fall of Jerusalem of 597 B.C.E. and the subsequent deportation to Babylon of many Israelite nobles and others.
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- 2 Kgs. 23:34-36
- 2 Kgs. 24:1-6, 19
- 1 Chr. 3:15-16
- 2 Chr. 36:4-5, 8
- Jer. 1:3
- Jer. 22:1, 36
- Jer. 26:1, 21-23
- Jer. 27:1, 20
- Jer. 28:4
- Jer. 35:1
- Jer. 36:1, 9, 28-32
- Dan. 1:1
- ↑ Dan Cohn-Sherbok, The Hebrew Bible, Continuum International, 1996, page x. ISBN 030433703X
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| Preceded by: Jehoahaz |
King of Judah 609 B.C.E. - 598 B.C.E. |
Succeeded by: Jeconiah |
This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
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