A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.16;
son of: Ater (H0333)
Also named: ye.chiz.qiy.yah (יְחִזְקִיָּה "Hezekiah" H3169I)
§ Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength"
1) 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices
2) great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet
3) son of Neariah, a descendant of David
4) head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah