יְהוֹיָקִים

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יְהוֹיָקִים was a king of Judah in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE, known from the Hebrew Bible for his reign under the shadow of rising Babylonian power and for his negative portrayal by the biblical prophets.

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יְהוֹיָקִים canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical figure
Human
King of Judah
accusedOf Idolatry
Oppression of his people
Social injustice
alsoKnownAs Yehoyaqim
surface form: Eliakim
appointedBy Necho II
surface form: Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt
capital Jerusalem
child Yehoyaqim
surface form: יְהוֹיָכִין

צִדְקִיָּהוּ (according to some traditions)
contemporaryOf Ezekiel
Jeremiah
Nebuchadnezzar II
countryRuled Kingdom of Judah
deathCause Uncertain (biblical accounts imply violent or ignominious death)
deathPlace Jerusalem
surface form: Jerusalem (traditional view)
era Early 6th century BCE
Late 7th century BCE
father יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ
governedTerritory Levant region
surface form: Southern Levant
knownFor Burning the scroll of Jeremiah
Negative portrayal by biblical prophets
Reign during rise of Babylonian Empire
languageOfName Hebrew
meaningOfName YHWH raises up (approximate meaning)
mentionedIn Books of Chronicles
surface form: Book of Chronicles

Book of Daniel
Book of Jeremiah
Books of Kings
surface form: Book of Kings
mother זְבוּדָה בַּת פְּדָיָה מִן־רוּמָה
nameChangedBy Necho II
surface form: Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt
nameInEnglish Jehoiakim
nameInHebrew יְהוֹיָקִים self-link
originalName Eliakim
positionHeld King of Judah
predecessor יְהוֹאָחָז
reignDuration 11 years
reignEnd circa 598 BCE
reignStart circa 609 BCE
religion Yahwism
royalHouse House of David
spouse Nehushta’s father’s daughter (traditional attribution; uncertain name)
subjectOf Later Jewish and Christian exegesis
Book of Jeremiah
surface form: Prophecies of Jeremiah
successor Yehoyaqim
surface form: יְהוֹיָכִין
vassalOf Babylon
Egypt

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Jehoiakim alsoKnownAs יְהוֹיָקִים
יְהוֹיָקִים nameInHebrew יְהוֹיָקִים self-link