Jehoiakim
Sign in to saveJehoiakim (also sometimes spelled Jehoikim; – 598 BC) was the eighteenth and third-from-last King of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son of King Josiah () and Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. His birth name was Eliakim.
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Jehoiakim was a king of the ancient kingdom of Judah who ruled from 609 to 598 BC, born with the name Eliakim as the second son of King Josiah. He is historically significant as one of the final kings of Judah before the kingdom's fall, serving as the eighteenth monarch in the kingdom's line of rulers.
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- Jehoiakim
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- Jehoiakim from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553
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- King of Judah
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- 609–598 BC
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- Jehoahaz
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- Jehoiachin
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- House of David
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- Nehushta
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- JehoiachinZedekiah
- Monarch.father
- Josiah
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- Zebudah
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Jehoiakim (also sometimes spelled Jehoikim; – 598 BC) was the eighteenth and third-from-last King of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son of King Josiah () and Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. His birth name was Eliakim.
==Background== After Josiah's death, Jehoiakim's younger brother Jehoahaz (also known as Shallum) was proclaimed king, but after three months Pharaoh Necho II deposed him, making Eliakim king in his place. When placed on the throne, his name was changed to "Jehoiakim".