How to Pronounce Hezekiah
heh-zeh-KAI-uh
Hezekiah is pronounced heh-zeh-KAI-uh (ˌhɛzəˈkaɪə): four syllables, stress on the third. Also heard: Heh-zeh-KIGH-uh, HEZ-uh-KYE-uh.
What does Hezekiah mean?
Hezekiah means “strength of the Lord”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Hezekiah?
Whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (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-granfather Uzziah. He set himself to abolish idolatry 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).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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