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Jehoiakim
יְהוֹיָקִים
Jehoiakim, also known as Eliakim, was a king of Judah who reigned for eleven years before being succeeded by his son Jehoiachin.
- verses
- 37
- first named
- 2 Kings 23:34
- last named
- Daniel 1:2
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- tribe
- Judah
Description
Who was Jehoiakim?
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 (2Ki.23.34; 2Ch.36.4). Necho changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim and imposed a heavy tribute on Judah (2Ki.23.35).
During Jehoiakim's reign, Judah became a vassal state of Egypt and later Babylon (2Ki.24.1). Jehoiakim initially served Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon but later rebelled against him (2Ki.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 (2Ch.36.6-7; Dan.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 (Jer.26.20-23).
Jehoiakim died before the final Babylonian invasion and was succeeded by his son Jehoiachin (2Ki.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).
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 17 are drawn. All 17 are listed below.
Child of
- Josiahregistry2 Kings 23:341 Chronicles 3:15Jeremiah 1:3 +8
- Zebidahregistry2 Kings 23:36
Father of
Partner of
- Nehushtaregistry, no verse
Sibling of
Stands in the same events as
- Nebuchadnezzar8 events
- LORD6 events
- Jerusalem6 events
- Jeremiah6 events
- Elnathan4 events
- Neco3 events
- Uriah3 events
- Josiah2 events
- Jehoiachin2 events
- Gemariah2 events
- Jehudi2 events
- Delaiah2 events
and 18 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Jehoiakim is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
37 verses across 5 of 66 books; 61 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Kings (7), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (3), Jeremiah (23) and Daniel (2).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 37, across 5 books. The name is written 39 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- 2 Kings 24Jehoiakim served Nebuchadnezzar for three years, rebelled, and then rested with his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 36Jehoiakim reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years, did evil, and was bound by Nebuchadnezzar for Babylon.
- Jeremiah 1Jehoiakim was king of Judah during Jeremiah’s early prophetic days.
- Jeremiah 22Jehoiakim is condemned for gain, bloodshed, extortion, and oppression, and is given a donkey’s burial.
- Jeremiah 25Jehoiakim was king of Judah when the word came to Jeremiah in Nebuchadnezzar’s first year.
- Jeremiah 26Jehoiakim sought Uriah’s death, sent men to Egypt, and had him put to the sword.
- Jeremiah 35Jehoiakim was king of Judah when the word came to Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 36Jehoiakim cut the scroll into pieces and burned it, then ordered Baruch and Jeremiah to be seized.
1 more chapter, from Daniel 1 to Daniel 1
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