 750 B.C. - 696 B.C.
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| Name |
Hezekiah (Ezekias) ben Ahaz ha-David |
| Suffix |
King of Judah |
| Birth |
750 B.C. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
696 B.C. |
| Notes |
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http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/mat1.html
Matthew 3:9
«b»Ezekias
«/b»Grecized form of «u»Hezekiah «/u» (Matt. 1:9, 10)
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«b»Hezekiah
«/b»Meaning: whom Jehovah has strengthened
son of «u»Ahaz «/u» (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah
He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this king is contained in 2 Kings 18:20, Isa. 36-39, and 2 Chr. 29-32. He is spoken of as a great and good king. In public life he followed the example of his great-grandfather Uzziah. He set himself to abolish «u»idolatry «/u» from his kingdom, and among other things which he did for this end, he destroyed the "brazen serpent," which had been removed to Jerusalem, and had become an object of idolatrous worship (Num. 21:9). A great reformation was wrought in the «u»kingdom of Judah «/u» in his day (2 Kings 18:4; 2 Chr. 29:3-36).
On the death of Sargon and the accession of his son Sennacherib to the throne of Assyria, Hezekiah refused to pay the tribute which his father had paid, and "rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not," but entered into a «u»league «/u» with Egypt (Isa. 30; 31; 36:6-9). This led to the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:13-16), who took forty cities, and besieged Jerusalem with mounds. Hezekiah yielded to the demands of the Assyrian king, and agreed to pay him three hundred talents of silver and thirty of gold (18:14).
But Sennacherib dealt treacherously with Hezekiah (Isa. 33:1), and a second time within two years invaded his kingdom (2 Kings 18:17; 2 Chr. 32:9; Isa. 36). This invasion issued in the destruction of Sennacherib's army. Hezekiah prayed to God, and "that night the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians 185,000 men." Sennacherib fled with the shattered remnant of his «u»forces «/u» to «u»Nineveh «/u», where, seventeen years after, he was assassinated by his sons «u»Adrammelech «/u» and Sharezer (2 Kings 19:37). (See «u»SENNACHERIB «/u».)
The narrative of Hezekiah's sickness and miraculous recovery is found in 2 Kings 20:1, 2 Chr. 32:24, Isa. 38:1. Various «u»ambassadors «/u» came to congratulate him on his recovery, and among them «u»Merodach-baladan «/u», the viceroy of Babylon (2 Chr. 32:23; 2 Kings 20:12). He closed his days in peace and prosperity, and was succeeded by his son Manasseh. He was buried in the "chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David" (2 Chr. 32:27-33). He had "after him none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him" (2 Kings 18:5). (See «u»ISAIAH «/u».)
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| Person ID |
I60797 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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| Photos |
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MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)
Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon
1511-12
Fresco, 215 x 430 cm
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
"Ahaz begat Hezekiah. Hezekiah begat Manasseh. Manasseh begat Amon." (Matthew 1:9-10)
Traditionally Manasseh is the man on the right and Amon is the child on the left
The two main figures, seated and seen in profile, have their backs to each other. The solitary man seated on the right, slumped forward with his face in the shadow - apparently sleeping, but, in reality, probably immersed in anguished meditation - is usually considered to be Manasseh, filled with terrible remorse for having favoured idolatrous cults and persecuted the faithful followers of Yahweh. The young woman on the left is thought to be Meshullemeth, the mother of Amon: her lips half closed, an expression of infinite tenderness on her face, she is totally absorbed in the baby she is holding in her arms, while her feet rock the wooden and wickerwork cradle where another child sleeps. Hezekiah as a child is believed to be depicted in the spandrel above, together with his mother and his father, Ahaz.
Although the two figures appear to be remote from each other, there is a complementary relationship due to the emotional contrast. Thus, the attitude of desolate self abandon of Manasseh is countered by the grace, vitality, and tenderness of the woman.
The delicate range of colours in the clothes of the two figures tone with different scales, but there are precise links: the reddish-rose mantle that envelops the woman below her shoulders, modeled with very light brushstrokes in the parts in the light, is matched, with a slightly paler tonality, by the man's tunic, which is open at the sides.
There is, moreover, greater contrast in the pattern of light and shade in the yellow of the skirt covering the woman's legs and the green of her shirt compared to the colours - which are, however, deeper - of the man's clothes and stockings. On the other hand, the penitential violet-gray cloth that covers the bowed head of Manasseh, falling over the curve of his back, appears to be more delicate in tone than the blue-gray ribbon that is intertwined with a white one in Meshullemeth's elaborate hairstyle.
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Author: MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Title: Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon
Time-line: 1501-1550
School: Italian
Form: painting
Type: religious |
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King Hezekiah on a 17th century painting by unknown artist in the choir of Sankta Maria kyrka in Åhus, Sweden. |
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