חִזְקִיָּהChizqîyâh

proper name, masculine: hath strengthened, stengtheneth

Pronunciation: khiz-kee-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2396

Meanings

1. son of Ahaz, King of Judah (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Kings 18:10; 2 Kings 18:14)

2. great-great-grandfather of prophet Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1)

3. man of royal Davidic line (1 Chronicles 3:23)

4. head of a family of returned exiles (Ezra 2:16; Nehemiah 7:21; Nehemiah 10:18)

5. an Ephraimite, Ahaz's time (2 Chronicles 28:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 127 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 16:20 When Ahaz died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Hezekiah became the next king.
  • 2 Kings 18:1 Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule over Judah in the third year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel.
  • 2 Kings 18:9 During the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel, King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked the city of Samaria and began a siege against it.
  • 2 Kings 18:10 Three years later, during the sixth year of King Hezekiah’s reign and the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel, Samaria fell.
  • 2 Kings 18:13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.
  • 2 Kings 18:14 King Hezekiah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have done wrong. I will pay whatever tribute money you demand if you will only withdraw.” The king of Assyria then demanded a settlement of more than eleven tons of silver and one ton of gold.
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