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65 articles found for “Hezekiah; the prophet Isaiah”

• Eliakim

  Eliakim was the official in charge of the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. The son of Hilkiah, he met and negotiated with the Assyrian envoy Rabshakeh and was sent by the king to the prophet Isaiah.

• Isaiah 1:16–17

  In this passage the prophet Isaiah commands the people of Judah to forsake their evil deeds, learn to do good, and defend the vulnerable, such as orphans and widows. Because it criticizes worship devoid of justice, it is frequently cited in discussions of repentance and social responsibility.

• Ahaz

  Ahaz was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah in the late eighth century BC, the son of Jotham and the father of Hezekiah. Scripture records him as a king who introduced pagan worship and relied on Assyria. He received Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy (Isaiah 7:14).

• Isaiah 5:1-7

  A prophecy that indicts the injustice of Israel and Judah through a song about a vineyard that its owner tended with great care but that yielded only wild grapes. The passage calls for justice and righteousness and is frequently cited as background to the vineyard parables of the New Testament.

• Micah (Prophet)

  Micah was a prophet active in Judah in the late eighth century BC, whose prophecies are preserved in the Old Testament Book of Micah. He denounced the leaders who oppressed the people and prophesied that a ruler would come forth from Bethlehem.

• Shebna

  Shebna was a high-ranking official under King Hezekiah of Judah and served as scribe in the delegation that negotiated with the Assyrian commander Rabshakeh. Isaiah rebuked him for hewing out a tomb for himself on high and prophesied that his position would pass to Eliakim.

• Zephaniah (Prophet)

  Zephaniah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. The Old Testament Book of Zephaniah preserves his prophecies, in which he proclaimed the judgment to come on "the day of the LORD" and the restoration of the remnant.

• Urijah (prophet)

  Urijah, the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, was a prophet in the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah. He prophesied judgment in the same terms as Jeremiah and fled to Egypt, but he was brought back and put to death by the king's sword. He appears only in Jeremiah 26.

• Hosea (Prophet)

  Hosea was a prophet active in the northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BC and is the central figure of the biblical Book of Hosea. The account of his marriage to his unfaithful wife Gomer, whom he continued to love, is read as a symbol of the relationship between God and Israel.

• Gomer

  Gomer was the wife of the prophet Hosea and appears in Hosea 1 as the daughter of Diblaim. The marriage of Hosea and Gomer serves as a symbol of the relationship between God and Israel.

• Lo-ruhamah

  Lo-ruhamah was the daughter of the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer and appears in Hosea 1. Her name means "not having obtained mercy" and symbolizes God's judgment that He would no longer have mercy on the northern kingdom of Israel.

• Gihon Spring

  The Gihon Spring is a spring in the Kidron Valley on the east side of the City of David in Jerusalem. Solomon was anointed king there, and Hezekiah brought its water into the city.

• Diblaim

  Diblaim was the father of Gomer, the wife of the prophet Hosea. He is mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in Hosea 1:3.

• Moresheth

  Moresheth was a town in southwestern Judah, identified in Scripture as the hometown of the prophet Micah. Micah 1:1 and Jeremiah 26:18 call him "Micah the Morasthite."

• Beeri

  Beeri is an Old Testament figure mentioned only by name in Hosea 1:1 as the father of the prophet Hosea. Scripture records nothing else about his life.

• 2 Chronicles 28

  Second Chronicles 28 recounts the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. It records that his idolatry led to defeat by Aram and Israel, that the captives were released at the word of the prophet Oded, and that Ahaz's reliance on Assyria brought him no benefit.

• Zephaniah 1

  Zephaniah 1 records the word that came to Zephaniah in the days of Josiah. It indicts Judah and Jerusalem for idolatry and religious indifference and proclaims the coming judgment of the "day of the LORD."

• Cushi

  Cushi was the father of the Old Testament prophet Zephaniah. He is named only once in Scripture, in the genealogy of Zephaniah 1:1, and nothing else about his life is recorded.

• Joah (Recorder under Hezekiah)

  Joah was the recorder under King Hezekiah of Judah and the son of Asaph. When the Assyrian army threatened Jerusalem, he went out with Eliakim and Shebna to meet the Rabshakeh.

• Hezekiah's Tunnel

  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 in Jerusalem into the city in preparation for an Assyrian invasion. Today it is also called the Siloam Tunnel.