# H2396 חִזְקִיָּה

חִזְקִיָּה (Chizqîyâh), Strong’s H2396: Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites KJV: Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare H3169 (יְחִזְקִיָּה).. Occurs 130 times.

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*Chizqîyâh* — Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites

KJV: Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare H3169 (יְחִזְקִיָּה).

Built from [חָזַק châzaq](https://besorah.bible/word/H2388) (to fasten upon) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “strengthened of Jah”

Occurs 130 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חִזְקִיָּהוּ, חִזְקִיָּה, יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ, יְחִזְקִיָּה n.pr.m. (י׳ hath strengthened, י׳ strengtheneth)
- 1 son of Ahaz, King of Judah
- 2 great-great-grandson pf proph. Zephaniah
- 3 man of royal Davidic line
- 4 head of a family of returned exiles
- 5 an Ephraimite, Ahaz’s time

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 16:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=20) — Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
- [2 Kings 18:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=1) — Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
- [2 Kings 18:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=9) — In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king…
- [2 Kings 18:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=10) — At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of…
- [2 Kings 18:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=13) — Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of…
- [2 Kings 18:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=14) — Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have offended you. Withdraw from me. That…
- [2 Kings 18:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=15) — Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the LORD’s house and in the treasures of the king’s house.
- [2 Kings 18:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=16) — At that time, Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the LORD’s temple, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king…
- [2 Kings 18:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=17) — The king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem…
- [2 Kings 18:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=19) — Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in…