Who
Son of Josiah, named Eliakim, whom Pharaoh Neco made king and renamed (2 Kings 23:34). He cut up and burned Jeremiah’s scroll in the fire (Jeremiah 36:23). Matthew does not name him, going from Josiah to Jechoniah; Jerome takes the two kings of almost the same name to have been confused (see the note on the kings Matthew passes over).
Key verses
- 2 Kings 23:34
Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there.
- 2 Kings 23:36
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15
The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
- 1 Chronicles 3:16
The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.
- Jeremiah 36:23
When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
Where the Bible names him
Family
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Comments on the verses that name him.
- John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 9
Matthew II. 16. Matt. II. 16. “Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth.” Yet surely it was a case not for anger, but for fear and awe: he ought to have perceived that he was…
- Jerome, Letters Letter 31
To Eustochium. Jerome writes to thank Eustochium for some presents sent to him by her on the festival of St. Peter. He also moralizes on the mystical meaning of the articles sent. The letter should be compared with…