Hezekiahs Pool
Hezekiahs Pool
the modern traditionary name of a cistern or reservoir in the western part of the city of Jerusalem, referred by Robinson (Later Researches, p. 112) and Bartlett (Walks about Jerusalem, p. 82) to the military preparations of that king (2Ch 32:3 sq.; compare 2Ki 20:20; Sir 48:17 sq.; Isa 22:9-11; Psa 48:12-13), but disputed by Ritter (Erdk. 17, 371 sq.). SEE JERUSALEM.
2. The great-great-grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah (Zep 1:1, where the name is Anglicized Hizkiah), supposed by some to be the same with the foregoing (see Huetius, Denostr. Evang. Lips. p. 512; contra Rosenmller, Proleg. ad Zeph.). B.C. much ante 635.
3. A person mentioned in connection with Ater (but whether as father or otherwise is not clear), which latter was the father (or former residence) of ninety-eight Israelites who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh 7:21). In Neh 10:17 his name (Anglicized Hizkijah) appears in a similar connection (but without the connective of) among those who subscribed the covenant of Nehemiah. B.C. ante 536.
4. The second of the three sons of Neariah, a descendant of Salathiel (1Ch 3:23); probably a brother of the Esli of Luk 3:25, and also of the Azor of Mat 1:13. (See Strong’s Harm. and Expos. of the Gosp. p. 16.) B.C. post 536.