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King Jehoiakim ("he whom Jehovah has set up", by Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah Of Rumah , and king of Judah . . He was also the husband of Nehushta and the father of King Jehoiachin . Both William F. Albright and E. R. Thiele agree on dating his reign to 609 BC - 598 BC . He is known for burning the manuscript of one of the prophecies of Jeremiah . RISE AND REIGN On the death of his father his younger half-brother with his three companions were taken captive to Babylon ('' Daniel '' 1:1, 2). Nebuchadnezzar reinstated Jehoiakim on his throne, but treated him as a , Moab ites, and Ammonites (''2 Kings'' 24:2) to chastise his rebellious vassal, who pillaged the whole country (compare Jer. 49:1-6). Jehoiakim came to a violent death, and his body was thrown over the wall of Jerusalem, to convince the besieging army that he was dead. After having been dragged away, his corpse was buried beyond the gates of Jerusalem "with the burial of an ass" (Jer. 22:18, 19; 36:30). Nebuchadnezzar placed Jehoiakim's Jehoiachin on the throne, wishing still to retain the kingdom of Judah as tributary to him. REFERENCES
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