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