מלכים ב, פרק כ״ג, פסוק ל״ו

A shift of power in Jerusalem brings the family background of the new king into focus. Jehoiakim takes the throne at twenty-five years of age, establishing that he was two years older than his brother, Jehoahaz [מצודת דוד]. Although the two men shared the same father, they were born to different mothers [ביאור שטיינזלץ]. Jehoiakim was the son of a woman named Zevudah.