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Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Hezekiah
Hezekiahh?z?k?'?, in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Ahaz. During his reign Sennacherib of Assyria routed (701 B.C.) the rebellious Jews and exacted a high indemnity from them. However, a plague in the Assyrian army saved (690 B.C.) Judah from a second invasion by Sennacherib. Hezekiah's reign was marked by the prophecies of Isaiah and Micah and by reforms to purify the religion of Israel by eliminating certain Canaanite practices. The country also experienced great material prosperity. His son and successor was Manasseh. See Hizkijah.

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Hezekiah is the common transliteration of a name more properly transliterated as "Ḥizkiyyahu" or "Ḥizkiyyah." was the son of Ahaz and the 14th king of Judah. Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985. "Glossary" p. 367-432 Edwin Thiele has concluded that his reign was between c. 715 and 686 BC. He is also one of the kings mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. Hezekiah witnessed the forced resettlement of the northern Kingdom of Israel by Sargon's Assyrians in c 720 BC and was king of Judah during the invasion and siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib in 701 BC. The siege was lifted by a...more »
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  • Augur, Hezekiah

    Augur, Hezekiah, 1791–1858, American sculptor. After a business failure he devoted himself to art and was encouraged by Samuel F. B. Morse. His bust of Washington and the statuette group Jepht...

  • Niles, Hezekiah

    Niles, Hezekiah, 1777–1839, American journalist, b. Jefferis's Ford, Pa. Editor (1805–11) of the Baltimore Evening Post and founder (1811) of Niles' Weekly Register, he was one of the most inf...

  • Ismachiah

    Ismachiah, in the Bible, overseer under Hezekiah.

  • Abi

    Abi [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother.

  • Shebna

    Shebna, in the Bible, official of Hezekiah's court denounced by Isaiah.

  • Hizkijah

    Hizkijah [Heb., variant of Hezekiah], in the Bible, one who returned from captivity to Palestine. An alternate form is Hezekiah.

  • Kore, in the Bible

    Kore, in the Bible. 1 Family of temple doorkeepers. 2 Levite under Hezekiah.

  • Tartan, in the Bible

    Tartan, in the Bible, official title of two Assyrians sent to Hezekiah by Sennacherib and Sargon.

  • Amasai

    Amasai, in the Bible. 1 Chief of the deserters from Saul to David. 2 Levite contemporary with Hezekiah.

  • Nehushtan

    Nehushtan, in the Bible, brazen serpent made by Moses. It was eventually worshiped by the Israelites, and Hezekiah destroyed it.

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