Coordinates: 32°37′57″N 35°3′59″E / 32.63250°N 35.06639°E / 32.63250; 35.06639

Eliakim

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Eliakim
Eliakim is located in Jezreel Valley region of Israel
Eliakim
Eliakim
Eliakim is located in Israel
Eliakim
Eliakim
Coordinates: 32°37′57″N 35°3′59″E / 32.63250°N 35.06639°E / 32.63250; 35.06639
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMegiddo
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded byYemenite Jews
Population
 (2022)[1]
969

Eliakim (Hebrew: אֶלְיָקִים) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 969.[1]

History

The village was established in 1949 as a moshav by Jewish refugees from Yemen on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Umm az-Zinat,[2][3] and was named after Jehoiakim (who was originally named Eliakim), a King of Judah (2 Kings 23:34). In 1970 it was converted to a communal settlement, but returned to being a moshav in 2008.

Archaeology

A large burial cave was unearthed at Eliakim, featuring a poorly executed inscription above its entrance, using the Samaritan script, which reads "El'azar son of Azariah". The cave houses three burial troughs and a loculus.[4]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 200. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xxii, settlement #117. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. ^ "CXLI. Eliaqim nos. 7511-7512", Volume 5/Part 2 Galilaea and Northern Regions: 6925-7818, De Gruyter, pp. 1625–1626, 2023-03-20, doi:10.1515/9783110715743-027, ISBN 978-3-11-071574-3, retrieved 2024-02-07
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