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yōyāxīn יוֹיָכִין ‘Jehoiachin’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a form of yᵊhōyāxīn יְהוֹיָכִין ‘Jehoiachin’
Roots: יהויכין

yōyāxīn pr n m pers
Jehoiachin = "Jehovah establishes"
1) king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released

Mentioned in Ezekiel 1:2

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