Family of Josiah and Zebudah of JUDAH
Husband: Josiah
Wife: Zebudah of JUDAH
Name: |
Jehoiakim |
Sex: |
Male |
Spouse: |
Nehusta of JUDAH (609- ) |
Birth |
0609 B.C. |
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Occupation |
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King of Judea |
Title |
frm 0609 to 0597 (age 1206-1217) |
King of Judea |
Note on Husband: Josiah
King Yoshiya (Josiah, Josias) (b. 640(?) B.C.E., ruled Judah 640-609 B.C.E.). Ascended the throne when only 8 years old. Josiah was undertook a major reform of the Temple ritual, when a book of the Torah was found during renovations (II Kings 22). The book was the only remaining copy of the Torah, the other having been destroyed by his father. Defeated and slain by the Egyptians at Megiddo. His fate is lamented in the book of Lamentations.
Josiah married Zebudah (Zebidah) daughter of Pedaiah (Periah) of Rumah. Children: (1) Johanan, the crown-prince, father of a daughter, Tamar, and, according to the judicial-ruling made by Moses (Num 28:8) & its conditional clause (Num 36:8), was technically the heiress. Her 1st husband was Prince Neri, representative of a major Davidic descent-line; and her 2nd husband was King [Je]Coniah. (2) Eliakim (who changed his name to Johoiakim on his accession)
Josiah married Hamutal. Children: Shallum (who changed his name to Jehoahaz on his accession) and Mattaniah (who changed his name to Zedekiah on his accession)1
Sources
1 | "Biblical Genealogy from Judah to Bustanai". |