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Jehoiakim ("he whom Jehovah has set up", Hebrew language: יהוֹיָקִים) was a Jewish king, whose original name was Eliakim. See also Yahweh Tetragrammaton (from the Greek, meaning ' of four letters' (tetra "four" + gramma (gen Jehoiakim took the throne at the age of twenty-five ([2 Kings] 23:36), and reigned between 609 and 598 BCE. [1]. His name is also sometimes spelled Jehoikim.

He was the son of Josiah by Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah, and king of Judah. Josiah or Yoshiyahu ( was king of Judah, and son of Amon and Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel. He was also the husband of Nehushta and the father of King Jehoiachin. This list contains persons named in The Bible of minor notability about whom either nothing or very little is known aside from any family connections Ykhanya (יְכָנְיָה jəxɔnjɔh meaning " God will fortify (his people" see Theophory in the Bible; Greek: ιεχονιας He is known for burning the manuscript of one of the prophecies of Jeremiah. Jeremiah ( jirmɛ'jahu; Septuagint Greek: Ἰερεμίας was one of the 'greater prophets ' of the Hebrew Bible.

References

  1. ^ Dan Cohn-Sherbok, The Hebrew Bible, Continuum International, 1996, page x. ISBN:030433703X
Jehoiakim
Cadet branch of the Tribe of Judah
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Jehoahaz
King of Judah
609 BC - 598 BC
Succeeded by
Jeconiah

This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. The Davidic line, known in Hebrew as Malkhut Beit David (מלכות בית דויד( "Monarchy of the House of David") refers to the The Tribe of Judah ( was one of the Tribes of Israel. At its height it was the leading tribe of the Kingdom of Judah, and occupied most of the territory of the kingdom Jehoahaz (in Hebrew יהואחז was king of Judah and the fourth and youngest son of king Josiah whom he succeeded and Hamautal, daughter of Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel. Ykhanya (יְכָנְיָה jəxɔnjɔh meaning " God will fortify (his people" see Theophory in the Bible; Greek: ιεχονιας


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