Eliakim, son of Abiud

Eliakim
Eliakim
	Elikim in stained glass window: The Tree of Jesse, 1934 (detail), by Gustave Ladon. North transept, Church of Our Lady of Pamele, Oudenaarde, East Flanders, Belgium
Patrilineal ancestor of Jesus
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church; Eastern Catholic Churches; Byzantine Catholic Church;
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.

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