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Jehoiakim

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Jehoiakim , in the Bible, king of Judah, son of Josiah. On Josiah's death his son Jehoahaz became king. However, Pharaoh Neco II dethroned him and set up another of Josiah's sons, Eliakim, who took the name Jehoiakim. He was given the name by the Egyptians as a sign of his vassal status. From 605 BC, after the Babylonians defeated Egypt, Jehoiakim became a vassal of Nebuchadnezzar. However, after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled. He died in 598 just as Nebuchadnezzar was besieging Jerusalem. He was succeeded by his son Jehoiachin .

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Jehoiakim

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Jehoiakim Son of Josiah; he was imposed upon the nation as king of Judah in 609 BCE by the Egyptian Pharaoh Neco, who changed his name from Eliakim; but when the Babylonians defeated the Egyptians at Carchemish in 605 (Jer. 46: 2), Jehoiakim found himself a vassal of Babylon. Unwisely, he rebelled (2 Kgs. 24: 1)—contrary to the advice of Jeremiah— and Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem shortly after Jehoiakim died.

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