Eliakim | |
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Patrilineal ancestor of Jesus | |
Venerated in |
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Canonized | Pre-congregation |
Feast | Feast of the Holy Fathers: Sunday before the feast of the Nativity, falling 18−24 December (together with the other ancestors of Jesus) |
Eliakim appears in the Genealogy of Jesus according to Matthew as a son of Abihud or Abiud and the father of Azor according to the accounts of Matthew. (Matthew 1:13). He is the Grandson of Zerubbabel, and a descendant of the Davidic Line.