Hezekiah

Who

Key verses

1. 2 Kings 18:1

   Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

2. 2 Kings 18:5

   He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, so that after him was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.

3. 2 Kings 19:15

   Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, “LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

4. 2 Kings 20:6

   I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’”

5. 1 Chronicles 3:13

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

6. Sirach 48:17

   Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into its midst. He tunneled through rock with iron, and built cisterns for water.

7. Matthew 1:9

   Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.

8. Matthew 1:10

   Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.

Where the Bible names him

Family

Parents

• AAhazMatthew 1:9; 1 Chronicles 3:13
• AAbi2 Kings 18:1–2

Children

• MManassehMatthew 1:10; 1 Chronicles 3:13

Discussed by

Comments on the verses that name him (8 of 22).

• Jerome on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  In the fourth book of Kings we read, that Ochozias was the son of Joram. On his death, Josabeth, sister of Ochozias and daughter of Joram, took Joash, her brother’s son, and preserved him from the slaughter of the…

• Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Thus the stain of the Gentile alliance being purged, the royal race is again taken up in the fourth following generation.

• Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  What the Holy Spirit testified through the Prophet, saying, that He would cut off every male from the house of Ahab, and Jezebel, that Jehu the son of Nausi fulfilled, and received the promise that his children to…

• Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Or, Ochozias, Joash, and Amasias, were excluded from the number, because their wickedness was continuous and without interval. For Solomon was suffered to hold the kingdom for his father’s deserts, Roboam for his…

• Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  This Ezekias was he to whom, when he had no children, it was said, “Set thy house in order, for thou shalt die.” [Isa 38:1] He wept, not from desire of longer life, for he knew that Solomon had thereby pleased God,…

• Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 1:8–11 (2)Catena Aurea on Matthew

  But the order in the Book of Kings is different [2 Ki 23], thus namely; Josias begot Eliakim, afterwards called Joakim; Joakim begot Jechonias. But Joakim is not reckoned among the Kings in the genealogy, because…

• Jerome on Matthew 1:8–11 (2)Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Otherwise, we may consider the first Jeconias to be the same as Joakim, and the second to be the son not the father, the one being spelt with k and m, the second by ch and n. This distinction has been confounded both…

• Ambrose of Milan on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  That there were two kings of the name of Joakim, is clear from the Book of Kings. “And Joakim slept with his fathers, and Joachim his son reigned in his stead.” [2 Ki 24:6] This son is the same whom Jeremiah calls…