Jehoiakim (pronounced ;
Hebrew יְהוֹיָקִים "he whom
Yahweh has set up", also sometimes spelled
Jehoikim (; ), c. 635–598 BCE, was a
king of Judah from 608 to 598 BCE. He was the eldest son of king
Josiah by Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. His birth name was
Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִים ; ).