Eliakim, son of Abiud
Eliakim | |
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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 | |
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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.