NEHUSHTA

(Ne·hushʹta) [copper, bronze.

Daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem and wife of King Jehoiakim. When the first captives were taken to Babylon in 617 B.C.E. after the three-month rule of her son Jehoiachin, Nehushta was taken along and likely remained there the rest of her life.—2 Ki. 24:6, 8, 12; Jer. 29:2.