Jehoiakim good or bad king
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Who was King Jehoiakim in the Bible?
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Jehoiakim (named Eliakim at birth, 2 Chronicles 36:4) was one of the last kings of Judah before the Babylonian Captivity. Jehoiakim was a son of good King Josiah (Jeremiah 26:1) of Judah. His mother’s name was Zebidah (2 Kings 23:36). Jehoiakim’s father, King Josiah, had returned Judah to the Lord by tearing down idol shrines and restoring obedience to God’s Law (2 Kings 23:19–25). After Josiah’s death, his son Jehoahazwas chosen king by the people. But, as often happened in those days, Jehoahaz did not follow in the footsteps of his father but “did evil in the sight of the Lord” (2 Kings 23:32). Jehoahaz only reigned three months before he was taken into captivity by the king of Egypt, who replaced Jehoahaz with his brother Eliakim (2 Kings 23:26; 2 Chronicles 36:5). The Egyptian king renamed the 25-year-old Eliakim “Jehoiakim.”
Jehoiakim also did evil in the Lord’s sight (2 Kings 23:37). Because of the ongoing, unrepentant sin of the nation of Judah, God sent invading armies to capture and enslave them. Jehoiakim was taken
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Who was Jehoiakim in the Bible?
The story of Jehoiakim
in Hebrew: יהויקים
Jehoiakim was a king of Judah in the Old Testament, and reigned from 609-598 BC. He was the son of King Josiah and was appointed as king by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. Jehoiakim was known for his oppressive rule, and for his rebellion against the Babylonians. According to the book of Jeremiah, he burned the prophet's scroll when it was read to him, and was eventually captured by the Babylonians and taken to Babylon, where he died. Despite his actions, Jehoiakim is not considered a major figure in the Bible and is not mentioned in many other books besides Jeremiah.
Chat with JehoiakimBiography
⭐Position held
King of Judah
👼 Date of birth
-633
Place of birth
Jerusalem
💀Date of death
-597
Place of death
Jerusalem
Age at death
36
Did you know?
How many times Jehoiakim was mentioned in the bible?
Jehoiakim appears None times in the bible.
Where is the story of Jehoiakim begins in the Bible?
Jehoiakim first mention in the bible is in the book of 2 Kings
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Jehoiakim
JEHOIAKIM (Heb. יְהוֹיָקִם ,יְהוֹיָקִים; "YHWH raises up"), king of Judah (609–598 B.C.E.). Pharaoh Neco made Jehoiakim king of Judah after he captured *Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim's younger brother, who was the choice of the *am ha-areẓ and who reigned for only three months. Jehoiakim, who was 25 when he ascended the throne (according to I Chron. 3:15 he was the second son of Josiah), was most likely selected because of his known support of a pro-Egyptian policy. Jehoiakim's original name Eliakim was changed by the Pharaoh in order to indicate the Judahite king's subservience to Egypt (II Kings 23:34; II Chron. 36:4). Egypt also imposed a heavy tax on Judah – 100 talents of silver and a talent of gold – which Jehoiakim exacted by levying a tax upon all people of the land (II Kings 23:33, 35).
During the first three years of Jehoiakim's reign Judah was a vassal of Egypt, which controlled Syria and Palestine and clashed with the Babylonian forces in the area of the Euphrates River (according to the Babylonian Chronicle). In 605 B.C.E. Babylon defeate
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