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| Name | JEHOIAKIM |
| Aliases | SON OF JOSIAH / KING OF JUDAH / WHO BURNED THE PROPHET'S SCROLL |
| Status | DECEASED / REIGNED ELEVEN YEARS / BURIED WITH THE BURIAL OF A DONKEY |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE KING WHO CUT AND BURNED THE WORD OF GOD |
| Place of Birth | JERUSALEM | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | JUDAH | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON OF JOSIAH | People | JUDAH |
| Occupation | KING OF JUDAH | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE HOUSE OF DAVID | Calling | A KING WHO DEFIED THE WORD OF THE LORD |
| Primary Mission | RULE JUDAH IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD | Known Signs | THE OPPRESSIVE REIGN / THE BURNING OF THE SCROLL |
| Covenant Role | KING WHOSE CONTEMPT SEALED JUDAH'S DOOM | Divine Access | INDIRECT / DEFIED THE WORD OF JEREMIAH |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Monarchic Classification | THE DEFIANT KING |
| Covenant Status | COVENANT DESPISED | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | CONDEMNED | Threat Assessment | BABYLON / HIS CONTEMPT FOR GOD'S WORD |
| Mission Status | JUDGED / A DISHONORED DEATH | Archive Category | MONARCHY / CONTEMPT FOR THE WORD |
What he did as the scroll was read: CUT IT WITH A KNIFE AND BURNED IT PIECE BY PIECE
The burial the LORD decreed for him: DRAGGED OUT LIKE A DONKEY, UNMOURNED
The subject was a son of Josiah, set on the throne by Pharaoh Neco and made to pay heavy tribute, which he wrung from the people by taxation. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD as his fathers had done.
Jeremiah rebuked him for building his palace by unrighteousness, using his neighbor's labor without wages, and for eyes set only on dishonest gain and shedding innocent blood.
The LORD told Jeremiah to write on a scroll all the words He had spoken against Israel and Judah, that perhaps the people would repent. Baruch read it in the temple, and it was brought to the king.
As the scroll was read in his winter house, the subject cut off each read portion with a scribe's knife and threw it into the fire on the hearth, until the whole scroll was burned, and he would not listen or tear his clothes in fear.
The LORD had Jeremiah write it again, with more words added, and declared judgment on the subject: he would have none to sit on David's throne, and his dead body would be cast out to the heat by day and frost by night, buried with the burial of a donkey.
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- A person may burn the pages, but never silence the word of God.
- Contempt for God's warning invites a dishonored end.
- Injustice and greed in a ruler are seen and judged by the Lord.
