He took for himself a woman, Susanna the daughter of Hilkiah; and she was beautiful and feared God
because her parents were righteous and directed her in the paths of the Torah of Moses.
Jehoiakim was very rich and he had a desirable garden by his house; and everyone gathered unto him because he was the most respected of the men of the city.
In that year, two elders of the city became judges of the nation.
They were among the men about whom the LORD said, "from Babylon there went out wickedness, and from her elders, the judges of the nation."