Hezekiah

King of Judah · 726–698 BC

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His Reign

Reigned
twenty and nine years 2 Kings 18:2
Began to Reign
Twenty and five years old 2 Kings 18:2
Began
in Hoshea’s 3rd year 2 Kings 18:1
His Mother
Abi 2 Kings 18:2
Before Him
Ahaz
After Him
Manasseh

In the Sight of the LORD

“he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD” 2 Kings 18:3

Ussher’s Years

King with His Father 727–726 BC
“Achaz, in the last year of his reign, joyned his son Ezekia within, in the kingdom”
Began to Reign 726–698 BC
“And in this year died Achaz: and the Prophet Esay foretold the Philistines”

Ahaz took him into the kingdom in his last year, the third of Hoshea (2 Kings 18:1).

Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.

In Israel in His Day

  • Hoshea King of Israel · 731–721 BC

Prophets in His Day

Where His Reign Is Told