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H2396H

חִזְקִיָּהוּ

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Hizkiah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.23; son of: Neariah (H5294); brother of: Elioenai (H0454B) and Azrikam (H5840) § Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength" 1) 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices 2) great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet 3) son of Neariah, a descendant of David 4) head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, חִזְקִיָּה, יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ, יְחִזְקִיָּה proper name, masculine (׳י hath strengthened, ׳י stengtheneth; = Assyrian –aza‡i
   (i)au, SchrCOT on 2Kgs 18:1ff., JägerBAS i, 469; compare proper name יחזק on seal GannJAs 1883 Feb. — Mar., 134 No. 7; — on formative see LagBN 134) —

1. ᵐ5 Εξεκιας, son of Ahaz, King of Judah, seldom חִזְקִיָּה 2Kgs 18:1; 2Kgs 18:10; 2Kgs 18:14 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 18:15; 2Kgs 18:16 (twice in verse), also ׳אַנְשֵׁי ח Prov 25:1 ; elsewhere in 2 Kings (except Prov 20:10) חִזְקִיָּהוּ: Prov 16:20; Prov 18:9 + 34 t., 2 Ki 18-21 || Isa 36:1 + 31 t., Isa 36-39; also Jer 26:18; Jer 26:19; 1Chr 3:13; 2Chr 29:18; 2Chr 29:27; 2Chr 30:24; 2Chr 32:15 in Chronicles use. יְחִזְקִיָּחוּ 1Chr 4:41; 2Chr 28:27 + 35 t. 2 Chron 29-33; also 2Kgs 20:10; Jer 15:4, and in title Isa 1:1 יִחִזְקִיָה Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1 (if י in these three be not text error for וְ).
2. חִזְקִיָּה great-great-grandfather of prophet Zephaniah Zeph 1:1, ᵐ5 τοῦ Εξεκιου, perhaps =
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3. ᵐ5 Εξεκια(ς), חִזְקִיָּה man of royal Davidic line 1Chr 3:23 probably near time of Char.
4. יְחִזְקִיָּה, ᵐ5 Εξεκια(ς), head of a family of returned exiles Ezra 2:16 = חִזְקִיָּה Neh 7:21, compare also ׳ח Neh 10:18.
5. יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ ᵐ5 Εξεκιας, an Ephraimite, Ahaz's time 2Chr 28:12.

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