Jehoiakim
יְהוֹיָקִים · ye.ho.ya.qim · H3079Gאֶלְיָקִים · el.ya.qim · H0471I“avenging, or establishing, or resurrection, of the Lord” Hitchcock's 186936 mentions in 5 books, most in Jeremiah (22)
Who he was
Jehoiakim, also known as Eliakim, was a king of Judah who reigned for eleven years (609-598 BC). He was the second son of King Josiah and became king after his younger brother Jehoahaz was deposed by Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt (2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 36:4). Necho changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim and imposed a heavy tribute on Judah (2 Kings 23:35).
During Jehoiakim's reign, Judah became a vassal state of Egypt and later Babylon (2 Kings 24:1). Jehoiakim initially served Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon but later rebelled against him (2 Kings 24:1). This rebellion led to the first Babylonian invasion of Judah, during which some of the temple treasures and members of the royal family and nobility were taken to Babylon (2 Chronicles 36:6–7; Daniel 1:1–2).
The prophet Jeremiah prophesied during Jehoiakim's reign, warning the king and the people of Judah about the impending Babylonian judgment (Jer.1.3; 25.1; 26.1). Jehoiakim opposed Jeremiah, burning the scroll containing the prophet's warnings (Jeremiah 36) and persecuting those who followed Jeremiah's message (Jeremiah 26:20–23).
Jehoiakim died before the final Babylonian invasion and was succeeded by his son Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:6). The circumstances of his death are not clearly stated in the biblical text, but Jeremiah prophesied that he would be buried like a donkey, dragged and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem (Jer.22.18-19; 36.30).
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Every mention
36 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
2 Kings7 mentions
2 Kings 23:34Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there.2 Kings 23:35Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the…2 Kings 23:36Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.2 Kings 24:1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.2 Kings 24:5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?2 Kings 24:6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.2 Kings 24:19He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
1 Chronicles2 mentions
2 Chronicles3 mentions
2 Chronicles 36:4The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight.2 Chronicles 36:8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and…
Jeremiah22 mentions
Jeremiah 1:3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem…Jeremiah 22:18Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They won’t lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ They won’t lament for him, saying ‘Ah…Jeremiah 22:24“As I live,” says Yahweh, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there.Jeremiah 24:1Yahweh showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before Yahweh’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of…Jeremiah 25:1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (this was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of…Jeremiah 26:1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from Yahweh:Jeremiah 26:21When Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into…Jeremiah 26:22Then Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him into Egypt.Jeremiah 26:23They fetched Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.Jeremiah 27:20which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn’t take when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and…Jeremiah 28:4I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of…Jeremiah 35:1The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,Jeremiah 36:1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,Jeremiah 36:9Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem…Jeremiah 36:28“Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.Jeremiah 36:29Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Yahweh says: “You have burned this scroll, saying, ‘Why have you written therein, saying, “The king of Babylon will certainly come and…Jeremiah 36:30Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He will have no one to sit on David’s throne. His dead body will be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.Jeremiah 36:32Then Jeremiah took another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah…Jeremiah 37:1Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.Jeremiah 45:1The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah…Jeremiah 46:2Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim…Jeremiah 52:2He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Daniel2 mentions
Daniel 1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.Daniel 1:2The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. He brought the…
What the dictionary says
He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B.C. 610-599).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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