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Eliakim

Dates
887–807 BC
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Name means "whom God will raise up." He is the son of Melea (Luke 3:30) and probably grandson of Nathan, thus an ancestor of Jesus Christ.

Eliakim
Ancestor of Jesus

Bible passages

  • Luke 3:30
    Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,

Text of the King James Version.

Related events

  1. Melea 907–827 BC
  2. Jonan (or Jonam) 867–878 BC