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Orville J. Nave

Nave’s Topical Bible

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HEPHZI-BAH

–1. Wife of Hezekiah 2Ki 21:1 –2. A prophetic name of Jerusalem Isa 62:4

HEZEKIAH

–1. King of Judah 2Ki 16:20 ; 18:1 , 2 ; 1Ch 3:13 ; 2Ch 29:1 ; Mt 1:9 .Religious zeal of 2Ch 29 ; 30 ; 31 .Purges the nation of idolatry 2Ki 18:4 ; 2Ch 31:1 ; 33:3 .Restores the true forms of worship 2Ch 31:2-21 .His piety 2Ki 18:3 , 5 , 6 ; 2Ch 29:2 ; 31:20 , 21 ; 32:32 ; Jer 26:19 .Military operations of 2Ki 18:19 ; 1Ch 4:39-43 ; 2Ch 32 ; Isa 36 ; 37 .Sickness and restoration of 2Ki 20:1-11 ; 2Ch 32:24 ; Isa 38:1-8 .His psalm of thanksgiving Isa 38:9-22 .His lack of wisdom in showing his resources to commissioners of Babylon 2Ki 20:12-19 ; 2Ch 32:25 , 26 , 31 ; Isa 39 .Prospered by God 2Ki 18:7 ; 2Ch 32:27-30 .Conducts the Gihon Brook into Jerusalem 2Ki 18:17 ; 20:20 ; 2Ch 32:4 , 30 ; 33:14 ; Ne 2:13-15 ; 3:13 , 16 ; Isa 7:3 ; 22:9-11 ; 36:2 .Scribes of Pr 25:1 .Death and burial of 2Ki 20:21 ; 2Ch 32:33 .Prophecies concerning 2Ki 19:20-34 ; 20:5 , 6 , 16-18 ; Isa 38:5-8 ; 39:5-7 ; Jer 26:18 , 19 –2. Son of Neariah 1Ch 3:23 –3. One of the exiles Ezr 2:16 ; Ne 7:21 .Called Hizkijah Ne 10:17

HIGH PLACES

–A term used to describe places of worship Ge 12:8 ; 22:2 , 14 ; 31:54 ; 1Sa 9:12 ; 2Sa 24:25 ; 1Ki 3:2 , 4 ; 18:30 , 38 ; 1Ch 16:39 ; 2Ch 1:3 ; 33:17 –Signify a place of idolatrous worship Nu 22:41 ; 1Ki 11:7 ; 12:31 ; 14:23 ; 15:14 ; 22:43 ; 2Ki 17:9 , 29 ; Jer 7:31 –Licentious practices at Eze 16:24-43 –The idolatrous, to be destroyed Le 26:30 ; Nu 33:52 –Asa destroys 2Ch 14:3 –Jehoshaphat destroys 2Ch 17:6 –Hezekiah destroys 2Ki 18:4 –Josiah destroys 2Ki 23:8 –See GROVES –See IDOLATRY

HILKIAH

–1. Officer of Hezekiah 2Ki 18:18 , 26 , 37 ; Isa 22:20 ; 36:3 , 22 –2. High priest 2Ki 22:4 , 8 , 10 , 12 , 14 ; 23:4 , 24 ; 1Ch 6:13 ; 9:11 ; 2Ch 34:9 , 14 , 15 , 18 , 20 , 22 ; Ezr 7:1 ; Jer 29:3 –3. Name of two Levites 1Ch 6:45 ; 26:11 –4. Two priests Ne 8:4 ; 12:7 , 21 ; Jer 1:1

HIZKIJAH

–Probably identical with HEZEKIAH , the exile