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Lexicon :: Strong's H2396 - ḥizqîyâ

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חִזְקִיָּה
Transliteration
ḥizqîyâ
Pronunciation
khiz-kee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

חִזְקִיָּה Chizqîyâh, khiz-kee-yaw'; or חִזְקִיָּהוּ Chizqîyâhûw; also יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ Yᵉchizqîyâhûw; from H2388 and H3050; strengthened of Jah; Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites:—Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare H3169.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H2396 in the following manner: Hezekiah (85x), Hizkiah (1x), Hizkijah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x
The KJV translates Strong's H2396 in the following manner: Hezekiah (85x), Hizkiah (1x), Hizkijah (1x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חִזְקִיָּה Chizqîyâh, khiz-kee-yaw'; or חִזְקִיָּהוּ Chizqîyâhûw; also יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ Yᵉchizqîyâhûw; from H2388 and H3050; strengthened of Jah; Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites:—Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare H3169.
STRONGS H2396: Abbreviations
חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, חִזְקִיָּה, [H3169 יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ, יְחִזְקִיָּה] proper name, masculine (י׳ hath strengthened, י׳ stengtheneth; ＝Assyrian Ḫazaḳi(i)au, SchrCOT on 2 Kings 18:1 ff., JägerBAS i, 469; compare proper name יחזק on seal GannJAs 1883 Feb. — Mar., 134 No. 7; — on formative see LagBN 134) —
1. Greek Version of the LXX Εξεκιας, son of Ahaz, King of Judah, seldom חִזְקִיָּה 2 Kings 18:1, 2 Kings 18:10, 2 Kings 18:14 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 18:15, 2 Kings 18:16 (twice in verse), also אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Proverbs 25:1; elsewhere in 2 Kings (except [H3169 2 Kings 20:10]) חִזְקִיָּהוּ: 2 Kings 16:20; 2 Kings 18:9 + 34 times, 2 Kings 18-21 || Isaiah 36:1 + 31 times, Isaiah 36-39; also Jeremiah 26:18, 19; 1 Chronicles 3:13; 2 Chronicles 29:18, 2 Chronicles 29:27; 2 Chronicles 30:24; 2 Chronicles 32:15; in Chronicles usually. יְחִזְקִיָּחוּ 1 Chronicles 4:41; 2 Chronicles 28:27 + 35 times 2 Chronicles 29-33; also [H3169 2 Kings 20:10]; Jeremiah 15:4, and in title Isaiah 1:1; יִחִזְקִיָה Hosea 1:1; Micah 1:1 (if י in these three be not text error for וְ).
† 2. חִזְקִיָּה great-great-grandfather of prophet Zephaniah Zephaniah 1:1, Greek Version of the LXXτοῦ Εξεκιου, perhaps ＝1.
† 3. Greek Version of the LXX Εξεκια(ς), חִזְקִיָּה man of royal Davidic line 1 Chronicles 3:23 probably near time of Chronicles.
† 4. יְחִזְקִיָּה, Greek Version of the LXX Εξεκια(ς), head of a family of returned exiles Ezra 2:16 = חִזְקִיָּה Nehemiah 7:21, compare also ח׳ Nehemiah 10:18 [Nehemiah 10:17].
† 5. יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ Greek Version of the LXX Εξεκιας, an Ephraimite, Ahaz's time [H3169 2 Chronicles 28:12].
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

16:20; 18:1; 18:1; 18:9; 18:10; 18:14; 18:15; 18:16

1 Chronicles

3:13; 3:23; 4:41

2 Chronicles

28:27; 29:18; 29:27; 30:24; 32:15

Ezra

2:16

Nehemiah

7:21; 10:17

Proverbs

25:1

Isaiah

1:1; 36:1

Jeremiah

15:4; 26:18; 26:19

Hosea

1:1

Micah

1:1

Zephaniah

1:1

H2396

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Strong's Number H2396 matches the Hebrew חִזְקִיָּה (ḥizqîyâ),
which occurs 40 times in 38 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 daughter of Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:18 - Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for setting out the consecrated bread, with all its articles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:20 - Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:27 - Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the LORD began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:31 - Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to the LORD. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the temple of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:36 - Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1 - Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:18 - Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:20 - And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the LORD. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised[fn] the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24 - Hezekiah king of Judah provided a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep and goats for the assembly, and the officials provided them with a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A great number of priests consecrated themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:8 - When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and blessed his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:9 - Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:11 - Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the LORD, and this was done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah were assistants of Konaniah and Shimei his brother. All these served by appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of the temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20 - This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:2 - When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 - Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah king of Judah and for all the people of Judah who were there:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - When Hezekiah says, ‘The LORD our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,’ he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god’s high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar and burn sacrifices on it’?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:16 - Sennacherib’s officers spoke further against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17 - The king also wrote letters ridiculing the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: “Just as the gods of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:20 - King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:22 - So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all others. He took care of them[fn] on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:23 - Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:24 - In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:25 - But Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the LORD’s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26 - Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the LORD’s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:32 - The other events of Hezekiah’s reign and his acts of devotion are 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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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - Hezekiah rested with his ancestors and was buried on the hill where the tombs of David’s descendants are. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem honored him when he died. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.
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