Hezekiah (Easton)

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Whom Jehovah has strengthened. Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chronicles 29:1 ), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this king is contained in 2 Kings 18:20 , Isaiah 3639-39 , and 2 Chronicles 2932-32 . He is spoken of as"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter H Bible Dictionaries Hezekiah Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Hethlon Next Entry Hezion Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Zedekiah Hizkiah Hezekiah (only first 3 shown) Thompson Chain Reference Zedekiah Hezekiah Treasury of Biblical Knowledge Zedekiah Hezekiah; Passed Through Fire: & Molech Dictionaries American Tract Society Zedekiah Hezekiah Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Zedekiah Hezekiah Easton's Bible Dictionary Zedekiah Hizkiah Hezekiah (only first 3 shown) Fausset Bible Dictionary Zedekiah Hizkiah Hezekiah (only first 3 shown) Holman Bible Dictionary Zedekiah Hizkiah Hezekiah (only first 3 shown) Hitchcock Bible Names Zedekiah Hezekiah Hastings' BibleDictionary Zedekiah (2) Zedekiah Hizkiah (only first 3 shown) Hastings' NT Dictionary Hezekiah Morrish Bible Dictionary Zedekiah Hizkiah Hezekiah, King of Judah (only first 3 shown) Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Zedekiah Hezekiah People's Bible Dictionary Zedekiah Hezekiah Smith Bible Dictionary Zedekiah Hizkiah Hezekiah (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Hezekiah Zedekiah Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Hezekiah Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman Zedekiah International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Ahab and Zedekiah Ezekias Hezeki (only first 3 shown) Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Hezekiah Zedekiah McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Balch, Hezekiah James Balch, Hezekiah, D.D. Barstow, Zedekiah Smith, D.D. (only first 3 shown) The Nuttall Encyclopedia Hezekiah The Jewish Encyclopedia Anaw, Zedekiah B. Abraham Basan, Abraham Hezekiah B. Jacob Bassani, Hezekiah Mordecai B. Samuel (only first 3 shown) Lexicons ܚܶܙܰܩܝܳܐ Ἑζεκίας חִזְקִי חִזְקִיָּה , חִזְקִיָּהוּ יְחִזְקִיָּה , יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ (only first 3 shown) Whom Jehovah has strengthened. Son of Ahaz ( 2 Kings 18:1 ; 2 Chronicles 29:1 ), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this king is contained in 2 Kings 18:20 , Isaiah 3639-39 , and 2 Chronicles 2932-32 . He is spoken of as a great and good king. In public life he followed the example of his great-granfather Uzziah. He set himself to abolish idolatry from his kingdom, and among other things which he did for this end, he destroyed the "brazen serpent," which had been removed to Jerusalem, and had become an object of idolatrous worship ( Numbers 21:9 ). A great reformation was wrought in the kingdom of Judah in his day ( 2 Kings 18:4 ; 2 Chronicles 29:3-36 ). On the death of Sargon and the accession of his son Sennacherib to the throne of Assyria, Hezekiah refused to pay the tribute which his father had paid, and "rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not," but entered into a league with Egypt ( Isaiah 30 ; 31 ; 36:6-9 ). This led to the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib ( 2 Kings 18:13-16 ), who took forty cities, and besieged Jerusalem with mounds. Hezekiah yielded to the demands of the Assyrian king, and agreed to pay him three hundred talents of silver and thirty of gold (18:14). But Sennacherib dealt treacherously with Hezekiah ( Isaiah 33:1 ), and a second time within two years invaded his kingdom ( 2 Kings 18:17 ; 2 Chronicles 32:9 ; Isaiah 36 ). This invasion issued in the destruction of Sennacherib's army. Hezekiah prayed to God, and "that night the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians 185,000 men." Sennacherib fled with the shattered remnant of his forces to Nineveh, where, seventeen years after, he was assassinated by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer ( 2 Kings 19:37 ). (See SENNACHERIB .) The narrative of Hezekiah's sickness and miraculous recovery is found in 2Kings 20:1, 2 Chronicles 32:24 , Isaiah 38:1 . Various ambassadors came to congratulate him on his recovery, and among them Merodach-baladan, the viceroy of Babylon ( 2 Chronicles 32:23 ; 2 Kings 20:12 ). He closed his days in peace and prosperity, and was succeeded by his son Manasseh. He was buried in the "chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David" ( 2 Chronicles 32:27-33 ). He had "after him none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him" ( 2 Kings 18:5 ). (See ISAIAH .)

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