Jehoiakim

Jehoiakim
King of Judah
Reign609–598 BC
PredecessorJehoahaz
SuccessorJehoiachin
BornEliakim
c. 632 BC
Jerusalem
Died598 BC
Jerusalem
SpouseNehushta
IssueJehoiachin
Zedekiah
HouseHouse of David
FatherJosiah
MotherZebudah

Jehoiakim, also sometimes spelled Jehoikim was the eighteenth and antepenultimate King of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son of King Josiah (1 Chronicles 3:15) and Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. His birth name was Eliakim.