turned his nameto Jehoiakim This name is compounded with the divine name Jehovah. Probably Neco made the new king swear fealty by Jehovah, and then declared his official name to be Jehoiakim, in order that he and his people might have something to remind them of the oath he had taken.

to Egypt He died in Egypt; 2 Kings 23:34; Jeremiah 22:12.

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