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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. 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 (1Es_5:5). 6. The husband of Susanna (Sus. 1, 4, 63).