Category:Eliakim

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Eliakim - Whom God will raise up. (1.) The son of Melea (Luke 3:30), and probably grandson of Nathan. (2.) The son of Abiud, of the posterity of Zerubbabel (Matthew 1:13). (3.) The son of Hilkiah, who was sent to receive the message of the invading Assyrians and report it to Isaiah (2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 19:2; Isaiah 36:3; Isaiah 37:2). In his office as governor of the palace of Hezekiah he succeeded Shebna (Isaiah 22:15). He was a good man (Isaiah 22:20; 2 Kings 18:37), and had a splendid and honorable career. (4.) The original name of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34). He was the son of Josiah.