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Hezekiah (/ ˌ h ɛ z ɪ ˈ k aɪ. ə /; Biblical Hebrew: חִזְקִיָּהוּ , romanized: Ḥizqiyyāhu), or Ezekias [c] (born c. 741 BCE, sole ruler c. 716/15–687/86), was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Judah according to the Hebrew Bible.
2 Kings 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
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.
"Reigned 29 years": according to Thiele's chronology, Hezekiah became the sole king after his father died before 1 Nisan (April) 715 BCE, [19] until his death between September 687 and September 686 BCE, for the total of 29 years. [20] Prior to that, Hezekiah became co-regent with his father from September 729 BCE to sometime before 1 Nisan ...
Based on his conclusions, Thiele showed that the 14 years between Ahab and Jehu were really 12 years. This enabled him to date their reigns precisely, for Ahab is mentioned in the Kurk Stele which records the Assyrian advance into Syria/Israel at the Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC, and Jehu is mentioned on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III paying tribute in 841 BC.
Sennacherib's Annals describe how the king trapped Hezekiah of Judah in Jerusalem "like a caged bird" and later returned to Assyria when he received tribute from Judah. In the Hebrew Bible, Hezekiah is described as paying 300 talents of silver and 30 talents of gold to Assyria. The biblical story then adds a miraculous ending in which ...
According to the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 22:15–16), the royal steward appointed by King Hezekiah was called Shebna and he was admonished for building himself too grandiose a tomb. Although the name of the royal steward is broken at the point where the official is named, it has been conjectured on the basis of the biblical verse that this ...
Verse 1 parallels to 2 Kings 18:4 summarizing Hezekiah's reforming measures. [11] Once the temple service was reinstalled, Hezekiah reinstated the priestly and Levitical divisions as set out by David (1 Chronicles 23–26; 1 Chronicles 28:13, 21) and implemented by Solomon (cf. 2 Chronicles 8:14; 23:18–19), then Hezekiah organized the tithes.