חִזְקִיָּה

n.pr.m. (י׳ hath strengthened, י׳ strengtheneth; = Assyrian Ḫazaḳi(i)au, Schr COT on 2 K 18:1 ff., Jäger BAS i, 469; cf. n.pr. יחזק on seal Gann JAs 1883 Feb.–Mar., 134 No. 7;—on format. v. LagBN 134)— 𝔊 Εζεκιας, son of Ahaz, King of Judah, seldom †חִזְקִיָּה 2 K 18:1, 10, 14(×2), 15, 16(×2), also אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Pr 25:1 †; elsewhere in 2 K (except 20:10) חִזְקִיָּהוּ: 16:20; 18:9 + 34 times, 2 K 18–21 ‖ Is 36:1 + 31 times, Is 36–39; also †Je 26:18, 19 1 Ch 3:13 2 Ch 29:18, 27; 30:24; 32:15; in Ch usually יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ 1 Ch 4:41 2 Ch 28:27 + 35 times 2 Ch 29–33; also 2 K 20:10 Je 15:4, and in title Is 1:1; †יִחִזְקִיָּה Ho 1:1 Mi 1:1 †(if י in these three be not textual error for וְ). חִזְקִיָּה great-great-grandfather of proph. Zephaniah Zp 1:1, 𝔊 τοῦ Εζεκιου, perhaps = 1. 𝔊 Εζεκια(ς), חִזְקִיָּה man of royal Davidic line 1 Ch 3:23 prob. near time of Chr. יְחִזְקִיָּה, 𝔊 Εζεκια(ς), head of a family of returned exiles Ezr 2:16 = חִזְקִיָּה Ne 7:21, cf. also ח׳ Ne 10:18. יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ 𝔊 Εζεκιας, an Ephraimite, Ahaz’s time 2 Ch 28:12.