Jehoiakim (Hebrew origin: God will raise)
(2 Kings 23:34) 7th century b.c.e.
Eliakim, son of King Josiah and his wife Zebudah, was crowned as the seventeenth king of Judah by Pharaoh Neco, who gave him the name of Jehoiakim. Eliakim was twenty-five years old at the time. Eliakim had one older brother, Johanan (the firstborn), and two younger ones—Shallum, who reigned under the name Jehoahaz, and Mattaniah, who later became King Zedekiah. Pharaoh Neco deposed King Jehoahaz and placed Jehoiakim on the throne as his vassal. Four years later, Neco was defeated by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and Jehoiakim became a vassal of Babylon. Three years later, disregarding the advice of the prophet Jeremiah, he rebelled against Babylon. Jeremiah criticized King Jehoiakim bitterly, accusing him of building a luxurious palace instead of following his father Josiah's example of caring for his people (Jeremiah 22:15). Jehoiakim was succeeded by his son Jehoiachin.
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