Who
A queen mother of Judah, named at her son’s accession. Named as mother of Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1).
Generated from the genealogies; a fuller description is still to be written.
Key verses
- 2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
Where the Bible names her
Named once: 2 Kings 21:1
Verse index: TIPNR, STEPBible.org (Tyndale House), CC BY 4.0.
Family
- Children
Discussed by
Comments on the verses that name her.
- John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 22
Matthew VI. 28, 29. Matt. VI. 28, 29. “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of…