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Hezekiah, King of Judah Hezekiah, King of Judah. The 13th king of Judah. The name Hezekiah (חִזְקִיָּה, chizqiyyah) derives from the combination of the verbal root “to strengthen” (חָזַק, chazaq) and the shortened form (יָּה, yah) of the divine name Yahweh (יהוה, yhwh), meaning “the Lord strengthens.” King of the southern kingdom of Judah for 29 years (727–699 bc) during which time the northern kingdom of Israel fell to the Assyrians, and Judah itself was invaded by the Assyrians. Remembered for his religious reforms (2 Kgs 18:4; 2 Chr 29:3–36), for breaking allegiance with Assyria in favor of an alliance with Egypt (2 Kgs 18:13–16; Isa 30; 31; 36:6–9), and for his illness and miraculous recovery (2 Kgs 20; 2 Chr 32; Isa 38).
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