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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Hezekiah (1)

hez-e-ki'-a (chizqiyah):

(1) King of Judah. See special article

(2) A son of Neariah, of the royal family of Judah (1 Chronicles 3:23, the Revised Version (British and American) "Hizkiah").

(3) An ancestor of Zephaniah (Zec 1:1, the King James Version "Hizkiah").

(4) One of the returned exiles from Babylon (Ezra 2:16; Nehemiah 7:21).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.