Hezekiah
Mwana wa Ahazi (2 Fal. 18:1; 2 Nya. 29:1), ambaye alimrithi katika kiti cha ufalme wa Yuda. Alitawala miaka ishirini na tisa (726-697 K.K.). Habari za mfalme huyu zimo katika 2 Fal. 18:20, Isa. 36-39, na 2 Nya. 29-32. Anatajwa kuwa mfalme mkuu na mwema. Katika maisha ya hadharani alifuata mfano wa babu yake mkuu Uzia. Alijitia kuiondoa ibada ya sanamu katika ufalme wake, na miongoni mwa mambo mengine aliyoyafanya kwa ajili ya lengo hilo, aliivunja “nyoka ya shaba,” iliyokuwa imeletwa Yerusalemu, na iliyokuwa imekuwa kitu cha ibada ya sanamu (Hes. 21:9). Matengenezo makubwa yalifanywa katika ufalme wa Yuda siku zake (2 Fal. 18:4; 2 Nya. 29:3-36).
On the death of Sargon and the accession of his son Sennacherib to the throne of Assyria, Hezekiah refused to pay the tribute which his father had paid, and “rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not,” but entered into a league with Egypt (Isa. 30; 31; 36:6-9). This led to the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:13-16), who took forty cities, and besieged Jerusalem with mounds. Hezekiah yielded to the demands of the Assyrian king, and agreed to pay him three hundred talents of silver and thirty of gold (18:14).
But Sennacherib dealt treacherously with Hezekiah (Isa. 33:1), and a second time within two years invaded his kingdom (2 Kings 18:17; 2 Chr. 32:9; Isa. 36). This invasion issued in the destruction of Sennacherib’s army. Hezekiah prayed to God, and “that night the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians 185,000 men.” Sennacherib fled with the shattered remnant of his forces to Nineveh, where, seventeen years after, he was assassinated by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer (2 Kings 19:37).
The narrative of Hezekiah’s sickness and miraculous recovery is found in 2 Kings 20:1, 2 Chr. 32:24, Isa. 38:1. Various ambassadors came to congratulate him on his recovery, and among them Merodach-baladan, the viceroy of Babylon (2 Chr. 32:23; 2 Kings 20:12). He closed his days in peace and prosperity, and was succeeded by his son Manasseh. He was buried in the “chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David” (2 Chr. 32:27-33). He had “after him none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him” (2 Kings 18:5).
Maelezo haya yako kwa Kiingereza.
- Alizaliwa
- Yerusalemu
- Alifariki
- Yerusalemu
Familia
- Baba
- Ahaz
- Mama
- Abijah
- Mwenzi
- Hephzi-bah
- Ndugu
- Maaseiah
Ukoo
Matukio
- 725 BCReign of Hezekiah
- 696 BCDeath of Hezekiah
Imetajwa katika
2 Mambo Ya Nyakati 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
Mithali 25
Hosea 1
Mika 1
Mathayo 1
Vilivyofukuliwa
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Wafalme wa Israeli na Yuda wanatajwa katika kumbukumbu za Ashuru zinazopewa mwaka kamili na orodha hii. Kalenda ya Biblia haipangwi peke yake: imefungwa kwenye nanga ile ile ya anga wanayoitumia wanahistoria kwa Mashariki ya Kale yote.
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Madhabahu kubwa ya dhabihu katika kituo cha jimbo la Yuda ilibomolewa kwa makusudi na mawe yake kutumika tena, katika karne ya nane.
Nguzo ya Senakeribu — Hezekia amefungiwa «kama ndege kwenye tundu»Ametajwa nje ya Bibliac. 691 BC
Kuvamiwa kwa Yuda mwaka 701 KK, Hezekia kwa jina, kuzingirwa kwa Yerusalemu na kodi — yote yameandikwa na mvamizi mwenyewe, na kunusurika kwa mji kunadhihirika katika ukimya wake kuhusu kuutwaa.
Michoro ya Lakishi na kuangamizwa kwa LakishiImethibitishwa na ardhic. 700–692 BC
Mzingiro ambao Biblia inautaja kwa mstari mmoja unaweza kuonwa umechongwa na mzingiraji mwenyewe na kufukuliwa mahali ulipotokea.
Mitungi yenye alama ya lmlkImethibitishwa na ardhilate 8th century BC
Hazina ya kitaifa ya mitungi yenye muhuri wa kifalme, iliyojikita katika mwaka ule ule Senakeribu alipovamia.
Onyesha zote 9
Ukuta MpanaImethibitishwa na ardhilate 8th century BC
Ukuta mkubwa uliojengwa haraka kuvuka kilima cha magharibi, ukikata katikati ya nyumba zilizobomolewa, katika miaka ambayo Ashuru ilikuwa ikija.
Maandishi ya Siloamu na handaki la HezekiaImethibitishwa na ardhic. 700 BC
Handaki lililoelezwa kwa mstari mmoja katika Wafalme lipo, lilichimbwa katika enzi ya Hezekia, na wachimbaji wake waliacha ujumbe ndani yake.
Alama ya muhuri wa HezekiaAmetajwa nje ya Bibliac. 727–698 BC
Mfalme wa Yuda aliyetajwa kwa jina, akitia muhuri hati mjini Yerusalemu — kilipatikana katika uchimbaji wa tabaka, si kununuliwa sokoni.
Kupata tarehe ya handaki la Siloamu bila maandishi yakeImethibitishwa na ardhic. 700 BC
Handaki chini ya Yerusalemu lilichimbwa karibu mwaka 700 KK — miaka ile ile ambayo Biblia inaipa kazi za maji za Hezekia — kwa ushahidi usiotegemea maandishi yoyote kati ya hayo mawili.