Eliakim
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah
and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho
took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt....
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Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I
pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we
understand [it]: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in
the ears of the people that [are] on the wall....
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Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah,
unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the
Syrian language; for we understand [it]: and talk not with us
in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that [are] on
the wall....
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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,...
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1. Son of Melea
Lu 3:30
-2. Son of Hilkiah, deputy of Hezekiah
2Ki 18:18; 19:2; Isa 36:3,11,22; 37:2
-3. Original name of Jehoiakim, king of Judah
2Ki 23:34; 2Ch 36:4
-4. Son of Abiud
Mt 1:13
Probably same as SHECHANIAH
1Ch 3:21
-5. A priest
Ne 12:41...
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(raised up by God.).
1. Son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah's household
("over the house," as) Isa 36:3 2Ki 18:18,26,37 (B.C. 713.)
Eliakim was a good man, as appears by the title emphatically
applied to him by God, "my servant Eliakim," Isa 22:20 and
also in the discharge of the duties of his high station, in
which he acted as a "father to th...
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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
(Matt.
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; 19:2; Isa. 36:3; 37:2). In his office as
governor of ...
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1. Hilkiah's son, over Hezekiah's household (Isaiah 36:3).
As Joseph over Pharaoh's palace, Azrikam "governor of Ahaz'
house" (2 Chronicles 28:7); chamberlain, treasurer, prefect
of the palace (Genesis 41:40), chief minister. Successor of
Shebna, whose deposition for his pride was foretold (Isaiah
22:15-20). Elevated at the time of the Assyria...
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