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Hezekiah: King of Judah 2 Kings 16:20

And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah 2 Kings 18:1, 2

In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah. / He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah 1 Chronicles 3:13

Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

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Hezekiah: King of Judah 2 Chronicles 29:1

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah Matthew 1:9

Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem 2 Kings 18:17

Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem 2 Kings 20:20

As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 32:4, 30

Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said. / It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 33:14

After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem Nehemiah 2:13–15

So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire. / Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through; / so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem Nehemiah 3:13, 16

The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate. / Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem Isaiah 7:3

Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem Isaiah 22:9–11

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool. / You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall. / You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem Isaiah 36:2

And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Death and Burial of 2 Kings 20:21

And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Death and Burial of 2 Chronicles 32:33

And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Lack of Wisdom in Showing his Resources to Commissioners of Babylon 2 Kings 20:12–19

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness. / And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. / Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Lack of Wisdom in Showing his Resources to Commissioners of Babylon 2 Chronicles 32:25, 26, 31

But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem. / Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah. / And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Lack of Wisdom in Showing his Resources to Commissioners of Babylon Isaiah 39:1

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Piety 2 Kings 18:3, 5, 6

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done. / Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him. / He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Piety 2 Chronicles 29:2

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Piety 2 Chronicles 31:20, 21

So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God. / He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Piety 2 Chronicles 32:32

As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Piety Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Psalm of Thanksgiving Isaiah 38:9–22

This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: / I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.” / I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Military Operations of 2 Kings 18:19

The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Military Operations of 1 Chronicles 4:39–43

and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks. / There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly. / These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Military Operations of 2 Chronicles 32:1

After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Military Operations of Isaiah 36:1

In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Military Operations of Isaiah 37:1

On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning 2 Kings 19:20–34

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. / This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you. / Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning 2 Kings 20:5, 6, 16–18

“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD. / I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” / Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning Isaiah 38:5–8

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. / And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. / This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning Isaiah 39:5–7

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts: / The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. / And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning Jeremiah 26:18, 19

“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’ / Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prospered by God 2 Kings 18:7

And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prospered by God 2 Chronicles 32:27–30

Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles. / He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks. / He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Purges the Nation of Idolatry 2 Kings 18:4

He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Purges the Nation of Idolatry 2 Chronicles 31:1

When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Purges the Nation of Idolatry 2 Chronicles 33:3

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Religious Zeal of 2 Chronicles 29:1

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Religious Zeal of 2 Chronicles 30:1

Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Religious Zeal of 2 Chronicles 31:1

When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Restores the True Forms of Worship 2 Chronicles 31:2–21

Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling. / The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD. / Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Scribes of Proverbs 25:1

These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Sickness and Restoration of 2 Kings 20:1–11

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” / Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying, / “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Sickness and Restoration of 2 Chronicles 32:24

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.

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Hezekiah: King of Judah: Sickness and Restoration of Isaiah 38:1–8

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” / Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, / saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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