And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
Ver. 34. Made Eliakim.] That is, God shall arise: so his good father Josiah named him, but he proved a degenerate plant; his father trembled and humbled himself at the hearing of the law, but he cut in pieces the prophecy of Jeremiah, and sought for him and Baruch to the shambles; but the Lord hid them.
And turned his name.] Memoriae causa, saith one interpreter; to show his sovereignty, saith another. a
And died there.] According to the prophecy of Jeremiah, Jer 22:11-12 who taxeth him there for covetousneas, ambition, and other vices, hastening the consummation or consumption of all, according to the signification of his other name, Shallum.
a Ut Iehovae victoriam acceptam se referre testaretur, &c. - Ussher.