International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Hizkiah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Hizkiah


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hiz-kı̄´a (חזקיּה, ḥizḳı̄yāh; Septuagint Ἐζεκία, Ezekı́a, “strength of Yah”):

(1) A son of Neariah, a descendant of David (, the King James Version “Hezekiah”).

(2) An ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah (). In the Revised Version (British and American) this word is here translated “Hezekiah.” This name again appears in (Hebrew 18) in the form of “Hizkijah” in the King James Version, but as “Hezekiah” in the Revised Version (British and American). See HEZEKIAH.