Joiakim

Priests change hands quietly in Nehemiah 12. Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, so he is a link in the line of high priests after the exile. In his days, the writer adds, the heads of the priestly families were named one by one. A later note says the work of that generation lay “in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua,” and in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra. He should not be confused with King Jehoiakim, who is another man. Nehemiah 12 is the place to read.

3 verses

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 12:10

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

Nehemiah 12:12

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Nehemiah 12:26

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

(whom Jehovah has set up) = Jehoiakim, a high priest, the son and successor of Jeshua (Neh. 12:10, 12, 26).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(whom Jehovah sets up), a high priest, son of the renowned Jeshua. (Nehemiah 12:10) (B.C. before 446.)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.