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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Label Occurrences
יְהוֹיָקִים canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

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 (traditional view) ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem
era Early 6th century BCE ⓘ
Late 7th century BCE ⓘ
father יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ ⓘ
governedTerritory Southern Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
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 Book of Chronicles ⓘ
linked to: Books of Chronicles

Book of Daniel ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Book of Kings ⓘ
linked to: Books of Kings
mother זְבוּדָה בַּת פְּדָיָה מִן־רוּמָה ⓘ
nameChangedBy Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Necho II
nameInEnglish Jehoiakim ⓘ
nameInHebrew יְהוֹיָקִים ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Prophecies of Jeremiah ⓘ
linked to: Book of Jeremiah
successor יְהוֹיָכִין ⓘ
linked to: Yehoyaqim
vassalOf Babylon ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jehoiakim → alsoKnownAs → יְהוֹיָקִים ⓘ
יְהוֹיָקִים → nameInHebrew → יְהוֹיָקִים ⓘ