Jehoiakim

Also known as Eliakim

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.

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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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Monarch.name: Jehoiakim
Monarch.image: Jehoiakim-Eliakim.png
Monarch.caption: Jehoiakim from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553
Monarch.succession: King of Judah
Monarch.reign: 609–598 BC
Monarch.predecessor: Jehoahaz
Monarch.successor: Jehoiachin
Monarch.royal house: House of David
Monarch.spouse: Nehushta
Monarch.issue: JehoiachinZedekiah
Monarch.father: Josiah
Monarch.mother: Zebudah
Monarch.birth_name: Eliakim
Monarch.birth_date: c. 632 BC
Monarch.birth_place: Jerusalem
Monarch.death_date: 598 BC
Monarch.death_place: Jerusalem

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Background
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==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".

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