See also:

• JEHOIAKIM (Heb. " Yahweh] raiseth up ")

JEHOIAKIM (Heb. " Yahweh] raiseth up ")  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, son of See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah (q.v.) and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah (2 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings See also:

• XXIII

xxiii . 34-See also:

• XXIV

xxiv.6) . On the defeat of Josiah at Megiddo his younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother Jehoahaz (or Shallum) was chosen by the Judaeans, but the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian conquerer Necho summoned him to his headquarters at Riblah (See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Hamath on the See also:

• ORONTES

Orontes) and removed him to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, appointing in his See also:

• STEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1849– )

stead Eliakim, whose name (" El[See also:

• GOD

God] raiseth up ") was changed to its better-known synonym, See also:

• JEHOIAKIM (Heb. " Yahweh] raiseth up ")

Jehoiakim . For a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Jehoiakim remained under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of Necho and paid heavy See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute; but with the rise of the new Chaldean See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire under See also:

• NEBUCHADREZZAR, or NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Nebuchadrezzar II., and the overthrow of Egypt at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Carchemish (6o5 B.c.) a vital See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change occurred . After three years of See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance the king revolted . Invasions followed-by Chaldeans, Syrians, 1VIoabites and See also:

• AMMONITES

Ammonites, per- 2 Kings xxiv . 13 seq. gives other See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers and a view of the disaster which is more suitable for the Second Captivity . (See ZEDEK:AH.)haps the advance troops despatched by the Babylonian king; the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of Egypt was broken and the whole See also:

• LAND

land came into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar . It was at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of Jehoiakim's reign, apparently just before his See also:

• DEATH

death, that the enemy appeared at the See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, and although he himself " slept with his fathers " his See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young son was destined to see the first captivity of the land of Judah (597 B.C.) . (See See also:

• JEHOIACHIN (Heb. " Yah[weh] establisheth ")

JEHOIACHIN.) _ Which " three years " (2 Kings xxiv . 1) are intended is disputed; it is uncertain whether Judah suffered in 6o5 B.C . (See also:

• BEROSSUS

Berossus in Jos. c .

Ap. i . 19) or was See also:

• LEFT

left unharmed (Jos . See also:

• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

Ant. x . 6 . I); perhaps Nebuchadrezzar made his first inroad against Judah in 602 u.c. because of its intrigue with Egypt (H . Winkler, Keilinschrift. u. d. alte Test., pp . 107 seq.), and the three years of allegiance extends to 599 . The chronicler's tradition (2 Chron. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . 5-8) speaks of Jehoiakim's captivity, apparently confusing him with Jehoiachin . The See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint, however, still preserves there the See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of his peaceful death, in agreement with the earlier source in 2 Kings, but against the prophecy of See also:

• JEREMIAH

Jeremiah (xxii . 18 seq., xxxvi . 30), which is accepted by Jos .

Ant. x . 6 . 3 . The different traditions can scarcely be reconciled . Nothing certain is known of the marauding bands sent against ehoiakim; for Syrians (See also:

• ARAM, EUGENE (17o4-17J9)

Aram) one would expect Edomites (See also:

• EDOM

Edom), but see Jer. See also:

• XXXV

xxxv . I I ; some recensions of the Septuagint even include the " See also:

• SAMARITANS

Samaritans " ! (For further references to this reign see especially JEREMIAH; see also See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

JEws: See also:

• HISTORY

History, § 17.) (S . A .