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Joakim
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or JOAKIM . The name is spelt Jehoiakim in canon. books, but Joacim or Joachim in Apocr. [Note: Apocrypha, Apocryphal.] AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , and Joakim everywhere in Apocr. [Note: Apocrypha, Apocryphal.] RV [Note: Revised Version.] .
In Apocr. [Note: Apocrypha, Apocryphal.] the name belongs to six persons. 1 . King Jehoiakim ( 1Es 1:37-42 , Bar 1:3 ). 2 . Jehoiachin, son of Jehoiakim, who is erroneously called Joakim in 1Es 1:43 . Esther 1:3 . A priest, son of Hilkiah, to whom the captives are said to have sent money for the purchase of offerings and Incense ( Bar 1:7 ). 4 . A high priest in the days of Holofernes and Judith ( Jdt 4:6; Jdt 4:14 ). 5 . A son of Zorobabel ( 1E Esther 5:5 ). 6 . The husband of Susanna (Sus. 1, 4, 63).
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Joakim'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/j/joakim.html. 1909.
