609BC-598BC – King Jehoiakim the 18th King of Judah

2 Kings 23:36-24:7 and 2 Chronicles 36:5-7. King Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he succeeded his brother Jehoahaz [Joahaz] to the throne and he ruled for 11 years. Pharaoh Neco of Egypt made Joahaz’s brother Eliakim king of Judah and he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim sinned against the Lord God. He was taken in chains to Babylonia by King Nebuchadnezzar.

King Jehoiakim was subject to King Nebuchadnezzar for at least three years of his eleven-year reign.

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had just taken land off Neco the king of Egypt.

Jehoiakim in Hebrew means: he whom Jehovah has set up.

Background Reading:

King Jehoiakim the 18th king of Judah

4 King Neco of Egypt installed Jehoahaz’sc brother Eliakim as king over Judah and Jerusalem, changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim, and took his brother Joahaz back to Egypt.

Jehoiakim’s Reign; Nebuchadnezzar’s First Capture of Jerusalem of three

5 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, but he practiced what the LORD his God considered to be evil. 6 As a result, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also took articles from the LORD’s Temple to Babylon and placed them in his temple in Babylon. 8 The rest of Jehoiakim’s accomplishments—along with the detestable things that he did that were recorded in his disfavor—are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin became king to replace him.
2 Chronicles 36:4-8
Also read 2 Kings 24:-25:30.


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