Hephzibah

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Hephzibah or Hepzibah (Template:IPAc-en or Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx) is a minor figure in the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. She was the wife of Hezekiah, king of Judah (reigned c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 715 and 686 BCE), and the mother of Manasseh of Judah (reigned c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 687–643 BCE).

Biblical and rabbinic accounts

Hephzibah is depicted in Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".. According to Rabbinic literature, Isaiah was the maternal grandfather of Manasseh.[1]

Symbolic name

The name Hephzibah is also used as a symbolic name for Zion following its restoration to the favor of Yahweh in Isaiah 62:4.[2]

See also

References

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  2. BibleGateway.com, All the Women of the Bible, Hephzibah. Accessed 2014-04-01.

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External links

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