Sebuda (also spelled Sebudda) was the daughter of Pedaiah from Rimmon and the mother of Eliakim (Jehoiakim), who was installed as king over Judah by Pharaoh Neco II. She is mentioned in connection with the kings during Judah's final days, a time marked by political unrest and Babylon's growing power.
Sebuda is mentioned as the daughter of Pedaiah from Rimmon and the mother of Eliakim, who later was installed as king under the name Jehoiakim by Pharaoh Neco.
36Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.
29In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to meet him, and Neco killed him at Megiddo as soon as he saw him.
30His servants carried his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
34Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, and there he died.
35Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to raise the money Pharaoh demanded. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.
36Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.
1During his reign Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim was his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
2The LORD sent raiding bands against him—Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, in keeping with the word the LORD had spoken through his servants the prophets.