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Hephzibah
My delight is in her. (1.) The wife of Hezekiah and mother of king Manasseh (2 Kgs 21:1).
(2.) A symbolical name of Zion, as representing the Lord’s favour toward her (Isa 62:4).
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- 2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.
- Isaiah 62:4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.