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Manasseh = forgetting. So named because God had made Hezekiah forget his troubles (compare Joseph, Gen_41:51). A sad name for him who became the worst of Judah's kings. His name appears second in a list of kings who brought gifts to Esar-haddon.
twelve years. Therefore not born till the third of Hezekiah's fifteen added years. See note on 2Ki_20:18.
Hephzi-bah = my delight is in her. Compare reference to the marriage in Isa_62:4. A prophecy, given at the time of Hezekiah, foretelling a happier time; even the "good" of 2Ki_20:19, and note.