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Hezekiah
Hezekiah was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah who reigned from the late eighth to the early seventh century BC. Scripture presents him as a king who removed idols and restored temple worship. He is widely known for the accounts of the Assyrian invasion and of his prayer during his illness.
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- Hezekiah's TunnelBible
Hezekiah's Tunnel is an underground water channel in Jerusalem, generally thought to have been cut through rock during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah to carry water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam inside the city. It is also called the Siloam Tunnel.
- Hezekiah's TunnelBible
Hezekiah's Tunnel is a rock-cut tunnel that Hezekiah, king of Judah, is believed to have dug to bring the waters of the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem in preparation for an Assyrian invasion. Today it is also called the Siloam Tunnel.
- Joah (Recorder under Hezekiah)People
Joah, the son of Asaph, was the recorder under King Hezekiah of Judah. When the Assyrian army threatened Jerusalem, he went out with Eliakim and Shebna to meet the Rabshakeh.
- Siloam TunnelBible
The Siloam Tunnel is a rock-cut channel that carries water from the Gihon Spring in Jerusalem to the Pool of Siloam inside the city. It is commonly identified as the conduit dug by King Hezekiah of Judah and is therefore also called Hezekiah's Tunnel.
- Siloam InscriptionHistory
The Siloam Inscription is an ancient Hebrew inscription carved into the wall of the water tunnel that connects the Gihon Spring and the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem. It records the completion of the tunnel and is commonly dated to the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah.
Verses in the King James Version 117, showing 6
- 2 Kings 16:20
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Kings 18:1
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
- 2 Kings 18:10
And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
- 2 Kings 18:13
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
- 2 Kings 18:14
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
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