Complex sentence: Eliezer succeeded Abihu and his name is changed to Eliakim by the author of Matthew, linking him to the Eliakim mentioned in Isaiah 22 and to Jehoiakim, a king that was left out of the earlier narrative.
Split into simpler sentences: Eliezer succeeded Abihu and his name is changed to Eliakim by the author of Matthew. The name change also links him to the Eliakim mentioned in Isaiah 22 and to Jehoiakim, a king that was left out of the earlier narrative.