His work: He became coregent of Judah with his father, Ahaz, in 729 BC, six years before the fall of Samaria to the Assyrians. He reigned on his own for twenty-nine years, during which time he reopened the temple and restored Jerusalem as the center of worship, destroying the pagan ...
1. The thirteenth king (reckoning Athaliah) of the separate kingdom of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abi or Abijah (2Ki 18:2; 2Ch 29:1), born B.C. 751750 (2Ki 18:2), and his father's successor on. the throne for twenty-nine years, B.C. 726-697. In both the above texts he is...
Cover Image:“King Hezekiah’s seal impression (bulla) mentions his name and the name of his father, Ahaz, in the upper register, as well as Hezekiah’s title as king of Judah in the lower register. The symbol of the [Assyrian] two-winged sun disk[, associated with royalty,][ii]flank...
18 4 Hezekiah king of Judah putteth down the brazen serpent, and destroyeth the idols, 7 and prospereth. 11 Israel is carried away captive. 30 The blasphemy of Sennacherib. 1 Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah ...
Hezekiah ascends the throne as co-regent with his father Ahaz for a few years. Then he begins his reign as sole King of Judah at age 25 in 716/15 BC. His reign lasts 29 years until his death in 687/6 BC. He is known as one of Judah's only kings who "did what was right in...
You don’t have to make the mistakes of your predecessor.Hezekiah’s father was a man named Ahaz. Ahaz is remembered as a king who deviated from the example of David by leading Israel into idolatry. When Hezekiah became king he didn’t follow his dad’s wicked example. Leaders don’t ...
lThe father shall make known Your truth to the children. 20 “The Lord was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.” 21 Now mIsaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs, and apply...
Hezekiah Succeeds Ahaz in Judah 1aHezekiah became kingwhen he wastwenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s namewasAbijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 2aHe did right in the sight of theLord, according to all that his father David had done. ...
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness. 20“The LORD will surely save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the LORD.” 21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he...
The father shall make known Your truth to the children.20 “The Lord was ready to save me;Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instrumentsAll the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”21 Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a ...