person
Joiakim
יוֹיָקִים
Joiakim served as a high priest during the early Persian period, succeeding his father Jeshua.
- verses
- 3
- first named
- Nehemiah 12:10
- last named
- Nehemiah 12:26
- period
- Exile and Return
- tribe
- Levi
Description
Who was Joiakim?
Joiakim is mentioned in the book of Nehemiah as a high priest who served during the early Persian period. He was the son of Jeshua, the first high priest to return from the Babylonian exile (Neh.12.10). Joiakim is listed in the genealogy of the high priests, affirming his rightful claim to the office.
According to Neh.12.12, during the days of Joiakim, the heads of the priestly families were recorded. This suggests that Joiakim oversaw the organization and administration of the priestly duties and responsibilities.
Joiakim's high priesthood is also mentioned in Neh.12.26, which notes that he served during the time of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe. This places his tenure in the context of the significant religious and political reforms implemented by Nehemiah and Ezra, which aimed to restore Jewish religious practices and enforce adherence to the Law of Moses.
As a high priest, Joiakim would have played a crucial role in the spiritual leadership of the Jewish community, ensuring the proper functioning of the temple and its services. His time in office was marked by the ongoing process of rebuilding and strengthening the Jewish faith and identity in the post-exilic period.
Relations
Direct connections
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The pattern
Where Joiakim 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.
3 verses across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in Nehemiah (3).
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Chapter by chapter
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