Jehoiakim

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jehoiakim
     he whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and
     eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years
     (B.C. 610-599). His original name was Eliakim (q.v.).
     
       On the death of his father his younger brother Jehoahaz


     (=Shallum, Jer. 22:11), who favoured the Chaldeans against the
     Egyptians, was made king by the people; but the king of Egypt,
     Pharaoh-necho, invaded the land and deposed Jehoahaz (2 Kings
     23:33, 34; Jer. 22:10-12), setting Eliakim on the throne in his
     stead, and changing his name to Jehoiakim.
     
       After this the king of Egypt took no part in Jewish politics,
     having been defeated by the Chaldeans at Carchemish (2 Kings
     24:7; Jer. 46:2). Palestine was now invaded and conquered by
     Nebuchadnezzar. Jehoiakim was taken prisoner and carried captive
     to Babylon (2 Chr. 36:6, 7). It was at this time that Daniel
     also and his three companions were taken captive to Babylon
     (Dan. 1:1, 2).
     
       Nebuchadnezzar reinstated Jehoiakim on his throne, but treated
     him as a vassal king. In the year after this, Jeremiah caused
     his prophecies to be read by Baruch in the court of the temple.
     Jehoiakim, hearing of this, had them also read in the royal
     palace before himself. The words displeased him, and taking the
     roll from the hands of Baruch he cut it in pieces and threw it
     into the fire (Jer. 36:23). During his disastrous reign there
     was a return to the old idolatry and corruption of the days of
     Manasseh.
     
       After three years of subjection to Babylon, Jehoiakim withheld
     his tribute and threw off the yoke (2 Kings 24:1), hoping to
     make himself independent. Nebuchadnezzar sent bands of
     Chaldeans, Syrians, and Ammonites (2 Kings 24:2) to chastise his
     rebellious vassal. They cruelly harassed the whole country
     (comp. Jer. 49:1-6). The king came to a violent death, and his
     body having been thrown over the wall of Jerusalem, to convince
     the beseieging army that he was dead, after having been dragged
     away, was buried beyond the gates of Jerusalem "with the burial
     of an ass," B.C. 599 (Jer. 22:18, 19; 36:30). Nebuchadnezzar
     placed his son Jehoiachin on the throne, wishing still to retain
     the kingdom of Judah as tributary to him.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Jehoiakim, avenging, or establishing, or resurrection, of the Lord