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Hezekiah was the son of king Ahaz and Abijah (also called Abi), [6] daughter of the high priest Zechariah. Hezekiah married Hephzibah [ 20 ] and died from natural causes at the age of 54 around 687 BCE and was succeeded by his son Manasseh .
As the Assyrians began their invasion, King Hezekiah began preparations to protect Jerusalem. In an effort to deprive the Assyrians of water, springs outside the city were blocked. Workers then dug a 533-meter tunnel to the Spring of Gihon, providing the city with fresh water. Additional siege preparations included fortification of the existing ...
King Saul, prophecy of Samuel, c. 1003 BC–c. 963 BC [citation needed] King David, prophecy of Nathan prophecy of Gad c. 963 BC–c. 923 BC [citation needed] King Solomon c. 923 BC–c. 913 BC [citation needed] King Rehoboam of Judah, prophecy of Shemaiah c. 922 BC–c. 910 BC [citation needed] King Jeroboam of Israel, prophecy of Ahijah
King Jotham (II Kings 15:32) King Ahaz (II Kings 16:1) – under whose reign, Hoshea ruled as the last king of Israel. King Hezekiah (II Kings 18:1) – under his reign, the Assyrian Empire conquered and destroyed the northern kingdom 722 BCE leaving only the southern kingdom of Judah. King Manasseh (II Kings 20:21) King Amon (II Kings 21:18)
The Royal Steward inscription, a lintel of a tomb found in the village of Silwan, now in the British Museum. Shebna (Hebrew: שֶׁבְנָא, Modern: Ševnaʾ, Tiberian: Šeḇnāʾ, "tender youth") was the royal steward (ʾasher ʿal ha-bayith, "he who is over the house"; the chief or prime minister of state) [1] in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible.
Hezekiah, king of Judah (29:1–19) [ edit ] Among the kings of Judah (after David and Solomon), the Chronicles record more extensively about Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29–32), focusing his reform and restoration of the Temple and worship.
The Bible says that King Hezekiah (c. 8th century BC), fearful that the Assyrians would lay siege to the city, blocked the spring's water outside the city and diverted it through a channel into the then Pool of Siloam. [13] Since 1997, it is now known that the earlier Warren's shaft system had already heavily fortified the Gihon Spring. [14]
Following their success in quelling the smaller rebellious states the Assyrian army turned on Judah and its king, Hezekiah. The timeline of the campaign is somewhat unclear but it is thought that one of the first major engagements between Judah and Assyria was the Siege of Azekah , a walled settlement on a 372 meter high hill roughly 45 ...