Lexicon / H3079
יְהוֹיָקִים
ye.ho.ya.qim
  • Jehoiakim
  • raiseth up

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Glosses: Jehoiakim

A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.23.34;

son of: Josiah (H2977) and Zebidah (H2080);

half-brother of: Jehoahaz (H3059H), Zedekiah (H6667H) and Shallum (H7967J); married to Nehushta (H5179);

father of: Jehoiachin (H3078); also called Zedekiah at Jer.27.1; Eliakim at 2Ki.23.34; 1x

Also named: el.ya.qim (אֶלְיָקִים "Eliakim" H0471I)

§ Jehoiakim = "Jehovah raises up"

son of Josiah and the third from the last king of Judah; subject vassel of Nebuchadnezzar who reigned for 11 years before he died a violent death either in combat or by the hands of his own subjects

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: raiseth up

יְהוֹיָקִים יוֹיָקִים יוֹקִים י׳ n.pr.m raiseth up one of the last kings of Judah, son of Josiah priest, son of Jeshua a Judaite . ()