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Strong's #471 - אֶלְיָקִים
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Eliakim = “God raises” or “God sets up”
1) the son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah’s household
2) Josiah’s son, enthroned by Pharaoh
3) a priest who assisted Nehemiah
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a. Hezekiah's prefect of the palace 2 Kings 18:18,26,37; 2 Kings 19:2; Isaiah 22:20; Isaiah 36:3,11,22; Isaiah 37:2.
b. son of Josiah, made king by Pharaoh 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 36:4; = יְהוֺיָקִים 2 Kings 24:1; Jeremiah 1:3; 1 Chronicles 3:15.
c. a priest Nehemiah 12:41.
אֶלְיָקִים (“whom God has set”), Eliakim, pr.n.
(1) the prefect of the palace in the reign of Hezekiah. 2 Kings 18:18, 19:2 Isaiah 22:20, 36:3.
(2) a son of king Josiah, made king by Necho, king of Egypt, who changed his name to יוֹיָקִים (“whom Jehovah has set”). 2 Kings 23:34, 24:1 Jeremiah 1:3; 1 Chronicles 3:15.
(3) Nehemiah 12:41.