Hezekiah:
whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2Ki 18:1; 2Ch 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 2Ki 18:20, Isa. 36-39, and 2 Chr. 29-32. 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 (Num 21:9). A great reformation was wrought in the kingdom of Judah in his day (2Ki 18:4; 2Ch 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 (Isa 30; 31; 36:6-9). This led to the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib (2Ki 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 (Isa 33:1), and a second time within two years invaded his kingdom (2Ki 18:17; 2Ch 32:9; Isa 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 (2Ki 19:37). (See SENNACHERIB.)
The narrative of Hezekiah's sickness and miraculous recovery is found in 2Ki 20:1, 2Ch 32:24, Isa 38:1. Various ambassadors came to congratulate him on his recovery, and among them Merodach-baladan, the viceroy of Babylon (2Ch 32:23; 2Ki 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" (2Ch 32:27-33). He had "after him none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him" (2Ki 18:5). (See ISAIAH.)
Hezekiah:
strength of the Lord
Hezekiah: 1. King of Judah
2Ki 16:20; 18:1, 2; 1Ch 3:13; 2Ch 29:1; Mat 1:9.
Religious zeal of,
2Ch 29; 30; 31.
Purges the nation of idolatry,
2Ki 18:4; 2Ch 31:1; 33:3.
Restores the true forms of worship,
2Ch 31:2-21.
His piety,
2Ki 18:3, 5, 6; 2Ch 29:2; 31:20, 21; 32:32; Jer 26:19.
Military operations of,
2Ki 18:19; 1Ch 4:39-43; 2Ch 32; Isa 36; 37.
Sickness and restoration of,
2Ki 20:1-11; 2Ch 32:24; Isa 38:1-8.
His psalm of thanksgiving,
Isa 38:9-22.
His lack of wisdom in showing his resources to commissioners of Babylon,
2Ki 20:12-19; 2Ch 32:25, 26, 31; Isa 39.
Prospered by God,
2Ki 18:7; 2Ch 32:27-30.
Conducts the Gihon Brook into Jerusalem,
2Ki 18:17; 20:20; 2Ch 32:4, 30; 33:14; Neh 2:13-15; 3:13, 16; Isa 7:3; 22:9-11; 36:2.
Scribes of,
Pro 25:1.
Death and burial of,
2Ki 20:21; 2Ch 32:33.
Prophecies concerning,
2Ki 19:20-34; 20:5, 6, 16-18; Isa 38:5-8; 39:5-7; Jer 26:18, 19.
Hezekiah: 2. Son of Neariah
1Ch 3:23
Hezekiah: 3. One of the Exiles
Ezr 2:16; Neh 7:21
Called Hizkijah,
Neh 10:17.
Hezekiah:
(the might of Jehovah).
(1.) Twelfth king of Judah, son of the apostate Ahaz and Abi or Abijah, ascended the throne at the age of 25, B.C. 726. Hezekiah was one of the three most perfect kings of Judah (2 Kings 18:5; Ecclesiasticus 49:4). His first act was to purge and repair and reopen with splendid sacrifices and perfect ceremonial the temple. He also destroyed a brazen serpent, said to have been the one used by Moses in the miraculous healing of the Israelites (Numbers 21:9) which had become an object of adoration. When the kingdom of Israel had fallen, Hezekiah invited the scattered inhabitants to a peculiar passover, which was continued for the unprecedented period of fourteen days (2 Chronicles 29:30-31). At the head of a repentant and united people, Hezekiah ventured to assume the aggressive against the Philistines and in a series of victories not only rewon the cities which his father had lost (2 Chronicles 28:18) but even dispossessed them of their own cities except Gaza (2 Kings 18:8) and Gath. He refused to acknowledge the supremacy of Assyria (2 Kings 18:7). Instant war was imminent and Hezekiah used every available means to strengthen himself (2 Kings 20:20). It was probably at this dangerous crisis in his kingdom that we find him sick and sending for Isaiah, who prophesies death as the result (2 Kings 20:1). Hezekiah's prayer for longer life is heard. The prophet had hardly left the palace when he was ordered to return and promise the king immediate recovery and fifteen years more of life (2 Kings 20:4). An embassy coming from Babylon ostensibly to compliment Hezekiah on his convalescence, but really to form an alliance between the two powers, is favorably received by the king, who shows them the treasures which he had accumulated. For this Isaiah foretells the punishment that shall befall his house (2 Kings 20:17). The two invasions of Sennacherib occupy the greater part of the scripture records concerning the reign of Hezekiah. The first of these took place in the third year of Sennacherib, B.C. 702, and occupies only three verses (2 Kings 18:13-16). Respecting the commencement of the second invasion we have full details in 2 Kings 18:17) seq.; 2 Chronicles 32:9 seq.; Isaiah 36:1… Sennacherib sent against Jerusalem an army under two officers and his cupbearer, the orator Rabshakeh, with a blasphemous and insulting summons to surrender; but Isaiah assures the king he need not fear, promising to disperse the enemy (2 Kings 19:6-7). Accordingly that night "the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand." Hezekiah only lived to enjoy for about one year more his well‐earned peace and glory. He slept with his fathers after a reign of twenty‐nine years, in the 56th year of his age, B.C. 697.
(2.) Son of Neariah, one of the descendants of the royal family of Judah (1 Chronicles 3:23).
(3.) The same name, though rendered in the Authorized Version HIZKIAH, is found in Zephaniah 1:1.
(4.) Ater of Hezekiah. SEE [ATER].
Sennacherib:
Sin (the god) sends many brothers, son of Sargon, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 705), in the 23rd year of Hezekiah. "Like the Persian Xerxes, he was weak and vainglorious, cowardly under reverse, and cruel and boastful in success." He first set himself to break up the powerful combination of princes who were in league against him. Among these was Hezekiah, who had entered into an alliance with Egypt against Assyria. He accordingly led a very powerful army of at least 200,000 men into Judea, and devastated the land on every side, taking and destroying many cities (2Ki 18:13-16; and 2Ch 32:1-8). His own account of this invasion, as given in the Assyrian annals, is in these words: "Because Hezekiah, king of Judah, would not submit to my yoke, I came up against him, and by force of arms and by the might of my power I took forty-six of his strong fenced cities; and of the smaller towns which were scattered about, I took and plundered a countless number. From these places I took and carried off 200,156 persons, old and young, male and female, together with horses and mules, asses and camels, oxen and sheep, a countless multitude; and Hezekiah himself I shut up in Jerusalem, his capital city, like a bird in a cage, building towers round the city to hem him in, and raising banks of earth against the gates, so as to prevent escape...Then upon Hezekiah there fell the fear of the power of my arms, and he sent out to me the chiefs and the elders of Jerusalem with 30 talents of gold and 800 talents of silver, and divers treasures, a rich and immense booty...All these things were brought to me at Nineveh, the seat of my government." (Isa 22:1-13for description of the feelings of the inhabitants of Jerusalem at such a crisis.)
Hezekiah was not disposed to become an Assyrian feudatory. He accordingly at once sought help from Egypt (2Ki 18:20-24). Sennacherib, hearing of this, marched a second time into Palestine (2Ki 18:17,37; 19; 2Ch 32:9-23; Isa 36:2-22). (Isa 37:25) should be rendered "dried up all the Nile-arms of Matsor," i.e., of Egypt, so called from the "Matsor" or great fortification across the isthmus of Suez, which protected it from invasions from the east. Sennacherib sent envoys to try to persuade Hezekiah to surrender, but in vain. (See TIRHAKAH.) He next sent a threatening letter (2Ki 19:10-14), which Hezekiah carried into the temple and spread before the Lord. Isaiah again brought an encouraging message to the pious king (2Ki 19:20-34). "In that night" the angel of the Lord went forth and smote the camp of the Assyrians. In the morning, "behold, they were all dead corpses." The Assyrian army was annihilated.
This great disaster is not, as was to be expected, taken notice of in the Assyrian annals.
Though Sennacherib survived this disaster some twenty years, he never again renewed his attempt against Jerusalem. He was murdered by two of his own sons (Adrammelech and Sharezer), and was succeeded by another son, Esarhaddon (B.C. 681), after a reign of twenty-four years.
He is a cross pendant.
He is engraved with a unique Number.
He will mail it out from Jerusalem.
He will be sent to your Side.
Emmanuel
Bible Verses About Welcoming ImmigrantsEmbracing the StrangerAs we journey through life, we often encounter individuals who are not of our nationality......
Who We AreWhat We EelieveWhat We Do
2025 by lntellectual Reserve,Inc All rights reserved.
