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Hezekiah
A faithful king of Judah who trusted God in the face of Assyria and saw Jerusalem delivered.
What we know — and how we know it
Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1
Archaeology — physical evidence · 2
Life, role & deeds
BibleA faithful king of Judah who trusted God when Assyria besieged Jerusalem.
2 Kings 18:5; 19:35
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ArchaeologySennacherib's Prism records the Assyrian king shutting Hezekiah in Jerusalem 'like a bird in a cage' — matching the biblical siege from the other side.
Sennacherib's Taylor Prism (British Museum, BM 91032) with the parallel Oriental Institute Prism (Chicago); third-campaign annals of 701 BC recording Hezekiah shut up 'like a bird in a cage', ed. D. D. Luckenbill, 'The Annals of Sennacherib' (Oriental Institute Publications 2, University of Chicago Press, 1924).
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ArchaeologyHezekiah's Tunnel and its Siloam Inscription still run beneath Jerusalem, the water channel he cut to withstand the siege.
Siloam (Shiloah) Inscription, found 1880 in Hezekiah's Tunnel, City of David, Jerusalem, now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museums; tunnel dated to the late 8th c. BC by A. Frumkin, A. Shimron & J. Rosenbaum, 'Radiometric dating of the Siloam Tunnel, Jerusalem', Nature 425 (2003); cf. 2 Kings 20:20, 2 Chron. 32:30.
Where in scripture
2 KingsFamily
In their own words — 9 recorded sayings
“And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to Lachish, to the king of Assyria, saying, I have done wrong; give up attacking me, and whatever you put on me I will undergo. And the payment he was to make was fixed by the king of Assyria at three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.” — 2 Kings 18:14
“But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.” — 2 Kings 18:36
“And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God. Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands, And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.” — 2 Kings 19:15-19
“O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.” — 2 Kings 20:3
“And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?” — 2 Kings 20:8
“And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.” — 2 Kings 20:10
“Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.” — 2 Kings 20:14
“And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.” — 2 Kings 20:15
…and 1 more recorded sayings.
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).
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