Bible Person

Joiakim

Male · 3 cross references

This Joiakim entry refers to the high priest who succeeds Jeshua, not to the king Jehoiakim of Judah. He stands in the priestly succession of the restored community and links one generation of temple leadership to the next. First appears in Neh 12:10.1

AI summary: Joiakim matters because the cross references preserve him as part of the ordered priestly line in Nehemiah's Jerusalem. His importance lies in continuity: he represents stable worship leadership in the decades after return from exile. Taken together, the material presents this Joiakim as a high-priestly successor whose office supports the religious structure of the restored people.1

Central Figure

Joiakim

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