2 Kongebok 23:34

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Så gjorde Farao Neko Eljakim, Josias' sønn, til konge i hans far Josias' sted og forandret hans navn til Jojakim; men Joakas tok han med sig til Egypten, og der døde han.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Eliakim: Joshua 18:18, 2 Chronicles 36:3, 2 Chronicles 36:4

the son: 1 Chronicles 3:15

turned: 2 Kings 24:17, Genesis 41:45, Daniel 1:7

Jehoiakim: "Called Jakim, Matthew 1:11."

he came: Jeremiah 22:11, Jeremiah 22:12, Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 19:4

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:29 - Pharaohnechoh 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Isaiah 7:18 - bee Jeremiah 26:1 - General Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Ezekiel 19:5 - another Ezekiel 19:12 - strong

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father,.... Not in the room of Jehoahaz; for he did not allow him to be a king, and to have any lawful right to the throne; but, deposing him, set up his elder brother:

and turned his name to Jehoiakim; to show his subjection to him, and that he held his government by him:

and took Jehoahaz away: with him, from Jerusalem, when he departed thence:

and he came to Egypt, and died there: and never returned to Jerusalem, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 22:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the room of Josiah his father - Not “in the room of Jehoahaz his brother;” the phrase is intended to mark the fact, that Neco did not acknowedge that Jehoahaz had ever been king.

Turned his name to Jehoiakim - Compare 2 Kings 23:30 and 2 Kings 24:17. It seems likely, from their purely Jewish character, that the new names of the Jewish kings, though formally imposed by the suzerain, were selected by the individuals themselves. The change now made consisted merely in the substitution of יהוה y^ehovâh for אל 'êl (“God, Yahweh, will set up”). Both names alike refer to the promise which God made to David 2 Samuel 7:12 and imply a hope that, notwithstanding the threats of the prophets, the seed of David would still be allowed to remain upon the throne.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 34. Turned his name to Jehoiakim — These names are precisely the same in signification: ELIAKIM is God shall arise; JEHOIAKIM, Jehovah shall arise; or, the resurrection of God; the resurrection of Jehovah. That is, God's rising again to show his power, justice, c. The change of the name was to show Nechoh's supremacy, and that Jehoiakim was only his vassal or viceroy. Proofs of this mode of changing the name, when a person of greater power put another in office under himself, may be seen in the case of Mattaniah, changed into Zedekiah Daniel, Mishael, Hananiah, and Azariah, into Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; and Joseph into Zaphnath-paaneah. See Daniel 1:6-7; Genesis 41:45.