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ḥizqiyyāhū חִזְקִיָּהוּ ‘Hezekiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥāzaq חָזַק ‘to strengthen’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: חזק יה

ḥizqiyyāhū pr n m pers
Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength"
1) 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices
2) great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet
3) son of Neariah, a descendant of David
4) head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah

Mentioned in 2 Kings 16:20, 20:5, 20:21, 21:3, 18:15, 20:13, 20:15, 20:8, 18:1, 20:10, 19:3, 20:14, 18:31, 18:29, 18:30, 18:32, 19:10, 18:14, 18:17, 18:19, 18:22, 18:37, 19:5, 19:9, 19:20, 20:1, 20:12, 20:16, 20:19, 18:9, 19:15, 18:16, 20:3, 18:13, 20:20, 19:1, 19:14, 18:10 Isaiah 38:5, 39:2, 39:4, 38:22, 1:1, 37:3, 39:3, 36:16, 36:18, 36:14, 36:15, 37:10, 36:2, 36:4, 36:7, 36:22, 37:5, 37:9, 37:15, 37:21, 38:1, 38:2, 39:1, 39:5, 39:8, 38:3, 36:1, 37:1, 37:14, 38:9 Jeremiah 26:18, 26:19, 15:4 Hosea 1:1 Micah 1:1 Zephaniah 1:1 Proverbs 25:1 Ezra 2:16 Nehemiah 7:21, 10:18 1 Chronicles 4:41, 3:13, 3:23 2 Chronicles 28:27, 30:22, 32:15, 32:33, 33:3, 29:1, 32:27, 30:1, 31:13, 32:12, 32:9, 32:23, 31:2, 30:18, 29:18, 30:20, 32:24, 29:36, 31:20, 32:8, 32:11, 32:16, 32:17, 30:24, 32:20, 32:32, 29:27, 29:30, 29:31, 31:11, 29:20, 32:22, 31:8, 32:30, 32:2, 32:26, 32:25, 31:9

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