Dictionaries :: Eliakim

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Eliakim:

whom God will raise up. (1.) The son of Melea (Luk 3:30), and probably grandson of Nathan.

(2.) The son of Abiud, of the posterity of Zerubbabel (Mat 1:13).

(3.) The son of Hilkiah, who was sent to receive the message of the invading Assyrians and report it to Isaiah (2Ki 18:18; 19:2; Isa 36:3; 37:2). In his office as governor of the palace of Hezekiah he succeeded Shebna (Isa 22:15-25). He was a good man (Isa 22:20; 2Ki 18:37), and had a splendid and honourable career.

(4.) The original name of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (2Ki 23:34). He was the son of Josiah.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Eliakim:

resurrection of God

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Eliakim:

e-li'-a-kim ('elyaqim; Eliakeim, "God sets up"):

(1) The son of Hilkiah who succeeded Shebna as gorvernor of the palace and "grand vizier" under Hezekiah (Isa 22:20). The functions of his office are seen from the oracle of Isaiah in which Shebna is deposed and Eliakim set in his place (Isa 22:15 ff). He is the "treasurer" (the Revised Version, margin "steward"), and is "over the house" (Isa 22:15).

At his installation he is clothed with a robe and girdle, the insignia of his office, and, having the government committed into his hand, is the "father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah" (Isa 22:21). The key of the house of David is laid on his shoulder, and he alone has power to open and shut, this being symbolic of his absolute authority as the king's representative (Isa 22:22).

One of Solomon's officials is the first mentioned as occupying this position (1Ki 4:6), and this office was continued in both the Northern and Southern Kingdom (1Ki 16:9; 18:3; 2Ki 10:5; 15:5). Its importance is seen from the fact that after Azariah was smitten with leprosy, Jotham his heir "was over the household, judging the people of the land" (2Ki 15:5).

When Sennacherib sent an army against Jerusalem in 701, Eliskim was one of these Jewish princes who held on behalf of Hezekiah a parley with the Assyrian officers (2Ki 18:18,26,37; Isa 36:3,11,22). As a result of the invader's threats, he was sent by Hezekiah in sackcloth to Isaiah, entreating his prayers to Yahweh on behalf of Jerusalem (2Ki 19:2; Isa 37:2).

(2) The original name of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, whom Pharaoh-necoh made king of Judah (2Ki 23:34; 2Ch 36:4).

(3) A priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, rebuilt after his return from Babylon (Ne 12:41).

(4) A grandson of Zerubbabel and ancestor of Jesus (Mt 1:13).

(5) An ancestor of Jesus (Lu 3:30).

Written by S. F. Hunter

Nave's Topical Bible

Eliakim: 1. Son of Melea

Luk 3:30

Eliakim: 2. Son of Hilkiah

Deputy of Hezekiah,

2Ki 18:18; 19:2; Isa 36:3, 11, 22; 37:2.

Eliakim: 3. Original Name of Jehoiakim

King of Judah,

2Ki 23:34; 2Ch 36:4.

Eliakim: 4. Son of Abiud

Mat 1:13

Probably same as SHECHANIAH,

1Ch 3:21.

Eliakim: 5. A Priest

Neh 12:41

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Eliakim:

(raised up by God).

(1.) Son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah's household ("over the house," as). (Isaiah 36:3). (2 Kings 18:18; 18:26; 18:37). (B.C. 713) Eliakim was a good man, as appears by the title emphatically applied to him by God, "my servant Eliakim," (Isaiah 22:20) and also in the discharge of the duties of his high station, in which he acted as a "father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah." (Isaiah 22:21).

(2.) The original name of Jehoiakim king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 36:4).

(3.) A priest in the days of Nehemiah, who assisted at the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:41). (B.C. 446)

(4.) Eldest son of Abiud or Judah; brother of Joseph, and father of Azor (Matthew 1:13).

(5.) Son of Melea, and father of Jonan (Luke 3:30-31).