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 627 BC - 598 BC
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| Name |
JEHOIAKIM |
| Prefix |
17th King of Judah |
| Birth |
627 BC |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
8BFC657A5E624847BC6AB11DB287504779DA |
| Death |
598 BC |
| Notes |
- Personal name meaning, Jehovah raises up. 17th King of Judah, the second son of Josiah who succeeded Jehoahaz as King of Judah (609-598). Jehoiakim was a throne name given to him by Pharaoh Neco of Egypt, who deposed his brother Jehoahaz (2 Kin 23:33, 34; Jer 22:10-12). His original name had been Eliakim (2 Kin 23:34). He and his predecessor on the throne were brothers, sons of Josiah by different wives. He reigned for eleven years as the 18th King of Judah. At the beginning of his reign, Judah was subject to Egypt. Probably in 605 B.C., however, Babylon defeated Egypt. After this the king of Egypt took no part in Jewish politics, having been defeated by the Chaldeans at Carchemish (2 Kin 24:7; Jer 46:2). Palestine was now invaded and conquered by Nebuchadnezzar. Jehoiakim was taken prisoner and carried captive to Babylon (2 Chr 36:6, 7). It was at this time that Daniel and his three companions were also taken captive to Babylon (Dan 1:1, 2). Nebuchadnezzar reinstated Jehoiakim on his throne, but treated him as a vassal king. In the year after this, Jeremiah caused his prophecies to be read by Baruch in the court of the temple. Jehoiakim, hearing of this, had them also read in the royal palace before himself. The words displeased him, and taking the roll from the hands of Baruch he cut it in pieces and threw it into the fire (Jer 36:23). During his disastrous reign there was a return to the old idolatry and corruption of the days of Manasseh.
After three years of subjection to Babylon, Jehoiakim withheld his tribute and threw off the yoke (2 Kin 24:1), hoping to make himself independent. Nebuchadnezzar sent bands of Chaldeans, Syrians, and Ammonites (2 Kin 24:2) to chastise his rebellious vassal. They cruelly harassed the whole country (Jer 49:1-6). The king came to a violent death, and his body having been thrown over the wall of Jerusalem, to convince the besieging army that he was dead, after having been dragged away, was buried beyond the gates of Jerusalem with the burial of an ass, 598 B.C. (Jer 22:18, 19; 36:30). Nebuchadnezzar placed his son Jehoiachin on the throne, wishing still to retain the kingdom of Judah as tributary to him.
eliakim (2)
2 Kin 23:34, 2 Chr 36:4
jehoiakim (37)
2 Kin 23:34-36 (3), 2 Kin 24:1, 2 Kin 24:5-6 (2), 2 Kin 24:19, 1 Chr 3:15-16 (2), 2 Chr 36:4-5 (2), 2 Chr 36:8, Jer 1:3, Jer 22:18, Jer 22:24, Jer 26:1 (3), Jer 26:21-23 (3), Jer 27:1, Jer 27:20, Jer 28:4, Jer 36:1 (2), Jer 36:9, Jer 36:28-30 (3), Jer 36:32, Jer 52:1-2 (4), Dan 1:1-2 (2)
hand (2)
Ezek 21:24, Ezek 22:13
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| Person ID |
I77 |
z-Bible Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
12 Feb 2012 |
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