Hezekiah

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Biblical figure King of Judah Person in the Hebrew Bible

Hezekiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, remembered for his religious reforms, resistance to Assyrian invasion, and reliance on prophetic counsel.

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Label Occurrences
Hezekiah canonical 10
King Hezekiah 3
Hezekiah, king of Judah 2

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical figure ⓘ
King of Judah ⓘ
Person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
action broke down pillars ⓘ
broke in pieces the bronze serpent Nehushtan ⓘ
cut down the Asherah poles ⓘ
removed high places ⓘ
associatedInscription Siloam Inscription ⓘ
associatedStructure Hezekiah’s Tunnel ⓘ
Siloam Tunnel ⓘ
biblicalBook 2 Chronicles ⓘ
Book of 2 Kings ⓘ
surface form: 2 Kings

Isaiah ⓘ
Micah ⓘ
burialPlace tombs of the kings of Judah in Jerusalem ⓘ
capital Jerusalem ⓘ
child Manasseh, king of Judah ⓘ
surface form: Manasseh
comparativeEvaluation compared favorably to David in faithfulness ⓘ
conflict Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
culture Israelites ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Israelite
deathPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
divineSign shadow going back ten steps on the stairway of Ahaz ⓘ
dynasty King Davidic dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of David
enemy Sennacherib ⓘ
era 7th century BCE ⓘ
8th century BCE ⓘ
event Sennacherib’s campaign against Judah ⓘ
father Ahaz ⓘ
foreignPolicy rebelled against the king of Assyria ⓘ
healthEvent serious illness during his reign ⓘ
kingdom Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
knownFor centralization of worship in Jerusalem ⓘ
construction of water tunnel in Jerusalem ⓘ
destruction of idols ⓘ
reliance on prophetic counsel ⓘ
religious reforms in Judah ⓘ
removal of high places ⓘ
resistance to Assyrian invasion ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
lineage Davidic king ⓘ
moralEvaluationInBible did what was right in the eyes of the Lord ⓘ
mother Abijah daughter of Zechariah ⓘ
policy centralized sacrifice at the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ
positionHeld King of Judah ⓘ
prayedTo Yahweh for deliverance from Assyria ⓘ
predecessor Ahaz ⓘ
prophetAssociated Hosea ⓘ
Isaiah ⓘ
Micah ⓘ
publicWorks construction of a water supply system for Jerusalem ⓘ
fortification of Jerusalem’s walls ⓘ
reignEnd c. 686 BCE ⓘ
reignStart c. 715 BCE ⓘ
religion Yahwism ⓘ
soughtCounselFrom Isaiah ⓘ
surface form: prophet Isaiah
sourceType biblical narrative ⓘ
spouse Hephzibah ⓘ
successor Manasseh, king of Judah ⓘ
surface form: Manasseh
undertook religious reform in the first year of his reign ⓘ
visitedBy envoys from Babylon ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kings → mentionsFigure → Hezekiah ⓘ
Chronicles → mentions → Hezekiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Hezekiah
Books of Kings → includesFigure → Hezekiah ⓘ
King Davidic dynasty → hasMonarch → Hezekiah ⓘ
Imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire → depicts → Hezekiah ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire
this entity surface form: King Hezekiah
King of Judah → notableHolder → Hezekiah ⓘ
King of Judah → positionHeldBy → Hezekiah ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah → notableKing → Hezekiah ⓘ
Manasseh, king of Judah → father → Hezekiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hezekiah, king of Judah
Manasseh, king of Judah → predecessor → Hezekiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hezekiah, king of Judah
Pool of Siloam → associatedFigure → Hezekiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Hezekiah
Unpredictable → featuresArtist → Hezekiah ⓘ
siege of Lachish → opponentOf → Hezekiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Hezekiah of Judah
Annals of Sennacherib → mentionsPerson → Hezekiah ⓘ
Lachish reliefs → associatedPerson → Hezekiah ⓘ
Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) → commander → Hezekiah ⓘ