Hezekiah

חִזְקִיָּהוּἘζεκίας

Hezekiah was a king of Judah who instituted religious reforms and trusted in God during the Assyrian invasion.

verses: 116
first named: 2 Kings 16:20
last named: Matthew 1:10
period: Divided Monarchy
tribe: Judah

Description

Who was Hezekiah?

Hezekiah was the son of Ahaz and the 13th king of Judah. He reigned for 29 years (2Ki.18.2; 2Ch.29.1). Hezekiah is known for his religious reforms and his trust in God during the Assyrian invasion. He removed the high places, broke down the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles (2Ki.18.4; 2Ch.31.1). He also cleansed and restored the temple, and reinstituted the Passover celebration (2Ch.29-30). When Sennacherib, king of Assyria, invaded Judah, Hezekiah trusted in God and sought the counsel of the prophet Isaiah (2Ki.18-19; 2Ch.32; Isa.36-37). As a result, God delivered Jerusalem from the Assyrian army (2Ki.19.35-36; 2Ch.32.21; Isa.37.36-37). Hezekiah also faced a severe illness, but after he prayed, God granted him 15 more years of life (2Ki.20.1-11; 2Ch.32.24-26; Isa.38). However, Hezekiah's pride led him to show the Babylonian envoys all his treasures, which prompted Isaiah to prophesy the future Babylonian captivity (2Ki.20.12-19; 2Ch.32.27-31; Isa.39). Despite this, Hezekiah is remembered as a king who did what was right in the eyes of the Lord (2Ki.18.3; 2Ch.29.2). He is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus (Mat.1.9-10) and is also referenced in the books of Jeremiah, Hosea, and Micah (Jer.15.4; 26.18-19; Hos.1.1; Mic.1.1).

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

The 10 best-attested of 17 are drawn. All 17 are listed below.

Child of

Abiregistry2 Kings 18:2 2 Chronicles 29:1
Ahazregistry1 Chronicles 3:13 Matthew 1:9 2 Kings 16:20 +2
David2 Kings 18:3 2 Chronicles 29:2

Father of

Manassehregistry2 Kings 21:3 1 Chronicles 3:13 2 Chronicles 32:33 +4

Partner of

Hephzibahregistry, no verse

Sibling of

Maaseiahregistry, no verse

Stands in the same events as

LORD14 events
Isaiah11 events
Jerusalem9 events
Levi9 events
Judah6 events
Ahaz5 events
Sennacherib5 events
Priests5 events
Silver4 events
Eliakim4 events
Shebna4 events
Israel3 events

and 61 more, ordered by how many events they share.

Places

Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

Divided MonarchyAll 5 places the claims about Hezekiah reach

The pattern

Where Hezekiah is named

Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

Hezekiah is named in 116 verses, and the name is written 127 times in them — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 57 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 116, across 9 books. The name is written 127 times in them.

2 Kings38 verses
16:20 18:1 18:9 18:10 18:13 18:14 18:15 18:16 18:17 18:19 18:22 18:29 18:30 18:31 18:32 18:37 19:1 19:3 19:5 19:9 19:10 19:14 19:15 19:20 20:1 20:3 20:5 20:8 20:10 20:12 20:13 20:14 20:15 20:16 20:19 20:20 20:21 21:3
1 Chronicles2 verses
3:13 4:41
2 Chronicles38 verses
28:27 29:1 29:18 29:20 29:27 29:30 29:31 29:36 30:1 30:18 30:20 30:22 30:24 31:2 31:8 31:9 31:11 31:13 31:20 32:2 32:8 32:9 32:11 32:12 32:15 32:16 32:17 32:20 32:22 32:23 32:24 32:25 32:26 32:27 32:30 32:32 32:33 33:3
Proverbs1 verse
25:1
Isaiah30 verses
1:1 36:1 36:2 36:4 36:7 36:14 36:15 36:16 36:18 36:22 37:1 37:3 37:5 37:9 37:10 37:14 37:15 37:21 38:1 38:2 38:3 38:5 38:9 38:22 39:1 39:2 39:3 39:4 39:5 39:8
Jeremiah3 verses
15:4 26:18 26:19
Hosea1 verse
1:1
Micah1 verse
1:1
Matthew2 verses
1:9 1:10

Onward

Where this page goes

Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

via AbiZechariahMentioned in the genealogy of King Hezekiah via ManassehAmonKing of Judah, son of Manasseh via ManassehMeshullemethMother of Amon, king of Judah.via AhazJothamKing of Judah and son of Uzziah via DavidAbigailWife of Nabal, later married David via DavidAbigailSister of David; mother of Amasa via DavidAbinadabSon of Jesse, brother of David via DavidAbitalOne of David's wives; mother of Shephatiah via DavidAbrahamPatriarch, chosen by God to father His people

ElsewhereGenealogy of HezekiahEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

Where they appear

Chapter by chapter

Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

8 more chapters, from 2 Chronicles 33 to Jeremiah 26

Sources

What this rests on

STEPBible TIPNR Hezekiah@2Ki.16.20-Mat=H2396G