See also:

• HEZEKIAH (Heb. for " [my] strength is [of] Yah ")

HEZEKIAH (Heb. for " [my] strength is [of] Yah ")  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible son of See also:

• AHAZ (Heb. for "[Yahweh] holds ")

Ahaz, one of the greatest of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah . He flourished at the end of the 8th and beginning of the 7th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C., when See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine passed through one of the most eventful periods of its See also:

• HISTORY

history . There is much that is uncertain in his reign, and with the exception of the See also:

• GREAT

great crisis of 701 B.C. its See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology has not been unanimously fixed . Whether he came to the See also:

• THRONE

throne before or after the fall of See also:

• SAMARIA

Samaria (722–721 B.C.) is disputed,' nor is it clear what See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share Judah took in the See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian conflicts down to 701.2 Shortly before this date the whole of western See also:

• ASIA

Asia was in a ferment; See also:

• SARGON

Sargon had died and See also:

• SENNACHERIB (Ass. Sin-akhi-erba, " the Moon-god has increased the brethren ")

Sennacherib had come to the throne (in 705); See also:

• VASSAL (Fr. vassal, vassaut, vassault, &c,)

vassal kings plotted to recover their See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence and Assyrian puppets were removed by their opponents . Judah was in See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch with a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general rising in S.W . Palestine, in which See also:

• EKRON (better, as in the Septuagint and Josephus, ACCARON, 'AKhapWV)

Ekron, See also:

• LACHISH

Lachish, See also:

• ASCALON

Ascalon (Ashkelon) and other towns of the See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines were supported by the kings of Musri and Meluhha.3 Sennacherib completely routed them at Eltekeh (a Danite See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city), and thence turned against See also:

• HEZEKIAH (Heb. for " [my] strength is [of] Yah ")

Hezekiah, who had been in See also:

• LEAGUE

league with Ekron and had imprisoned its See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king Padi, an Assyrian vassal . In this invasion of Judah the Assyrian claims entire success; 46 towns of Judah were captured, 200,150 men and many herds of See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle were carried off among the spoil, and See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem itself was closely invested . Hezekiah was imprisoned like a See also:

• BIRD

bird in a cage "4—to quote Sennacherib, and the Urbi (Arabian?) troops in Jerusalem laid down their arms . See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty talents of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, eight See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred of See also:

• SILVER

silver, See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious stones, couches and seats of See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory—" all kinds of valuable treasure ",—the ladies of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, male and See also:

• FEMALE

female attendants (perhaps " singers ") were carried away to See also:

• NINEVEH (Heb. m}'?, in classical authors Nivos, Ninus; LXX. Ntsetni, Nnveun: Assyrian Nind or Ninua)

Nineveh . Here the Assyrian See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record ends somewhat abruptly, for, in the meanwhile, Babylonia had again revolted (700 B.C.) and Sennacherib's presence was urgently needed nearer See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . At what precise See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period the Babylonian Merodach (i.e . See also:

• MARDUK (Bib'. MERODACH2)

Marduk)-Baladan sent his See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to Hezekiah is disputed .

Although ostensibly to congratulate the king upon his recovery from a sickness, it was really sent in the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of enlisting his support, and the excessive See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy and complaisance with which it was received suggest that it found a ready ally in Judah (2 Kings xx . 12 sqq.; Isa. xxxix.) . Merodach-Baladan was overthrown by Sargon in 710 B.C., but succeeded in making a fresh revolt some years later (704–703 B.C.), and See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion is much divided whether his embassy was to secure the friendship of the ' See W . R . See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, Prophets of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel,' 415 sqq.; . O . C . See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, See also:

• ISAIAH
• ISAIAH, ASCENSION OF

Isaiah, pp . 20 sqq., 372 ; J . See also:

• SKINNER, JAMES (1778-1841)
• SKINNER, JOHN (1721-1807)

Skinner, Kings, p . 43 seq . ; T .

K . See also:

• CHEYNE, THOMAS KELLY (1841— )

Cheyne, Ency . Bib. See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col . 2058, n . 1, and references . 2 The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• DATES

dates are: 72o, defeat of a See also:

• COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition (Hamath, See also:

• GAZA (or `AllAH, mod. Ghuzzeh)
• GAZA, THEODORUS (c. 1400-1475)

Gaza and Musri) at Karlpr in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• SYRIA

Syria and Raphia (S . Palestine) ; 715, a rising of Musri and Arabian tribes; 713-711, revolt and See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Ashdod (cp . Is. xx.) . That Judah was invaded on this latter occasion is not improbable . ' Meluhha is held by many critics to be N.W . See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia; the See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification of Musri is uncertain, see below . * The phrase was a favourite one of See also:

• RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)

Rib-Addi, king of Gebal (Byblus), in the 15th century B.c .

; Tell-el-Amarna Letters (ed . Knudtzon), Nos . 74, 79, &c . See also:

• JEREMIAH

Jeremiah (v . 27) uses the simile in a different way . For a discussion of Sennacherib's record, see Wilke, Jesaja u . See also:

• ASSUR
• ASSUR (Auth. Vera. Asshur)

Assur (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1905), pp . 97 sqq . (1641) . See A . W . See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward, History of See also:

• ENGLISH

English Dram .

Lit. ii.' 550 seq . (1899) ; the same author's Introduction to A woman killed with kindness (" See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple Dramatists," 1897) ; J . A . See also:

• SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)
• SYMONDS, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1818-1887)

Symonds in the Introduction to See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• HEYWOOD
• HEYWOOD, JOHN (b. 1497)
• HEYWOOD, THOMAS (d. c. 165o)

Heywood in the " Mermaid " See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series (new issue, 1903) . ycutaful Hezekiah at his See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession or is to be associated with the later widespread See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to remove the Assyrian yoke.' The brief See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the Assyrian invasion, Hezekiah's sub-See also:

• MISSION

mission, and the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute in 2 Kings xviii . 14-16, supplements the Assyrian record by the statement that Sennacherib besieged Lachish, a fact which is confirmed by a bas-See also:

• RELIEF

relief (now in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum) depicting the king in the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of besieging that See also:

• TOWN

town.' This thoroughly See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical fragment is followed by two narratives which tell how the king sent an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official from Lachish to demand the submission of Hezekiah and conclude with the unexpected deliverance of Jerusalem . Both these stories appear to belong to a See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Isaiah, and, like the similar See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies of See also:

• ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

Elijah and See also:

• ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

Elisha, are open to the suspicion that historical facts have been subordinated to idealize the See also:

• WORK

work of the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet . See KINGS, BOOKS OF . The narratives are (a) 2 Kings xviii . 13, 17–See also:

• RIX

Rix . 8; cf . Isa. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi. i–See also:

• XXXVII

xxxvii .

8, and (b) xix . 9b-35; cp . Isa. xxxvii . 9-36 (2 Chron. xxxii . 9 sqq. is based on both), and Jerusalem's deliverance is attributed to a certain rumour (xix . 7), to the advance of Tirhakah, king of See also:

• ETHIOPIA, or AETHIOPIA (Gr. AlOtoaia)

Ethiopia (v . 9), and to a remarkable pestilence (v.35) which finds an See also:

• ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

echo in a famous See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story related, not without some confusion of essential facts, by See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus (ii . 141; cf . See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus Antiq. x. i . 5).3 It is difficult to decide whether xix . 9a belongs to the first or second of these narratives; and whether the " rumour " refers to the approach of Tirhakah, or rather to the serious troubles which had arisen in Babylonia . It is equally difficult to determine whether Tirhakah actually appeared on the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene in 701, and the precise application of the See also:

• TERM

term Mugri (See also:

• MIZRAIM

Mizraim) is much debated .

Unless the two narratives are duplicates of the same event, it may be urged that Sennacherib's attack upon Arabia (apparently about 689) involved an invasion of Judah, by which See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt was in a position to be of material assistance (cf . Isa. See also:

• XXX

xxx . 1-5, xxxi . 1-3?) . This theory of a second See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign (first suggested by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• RAWLINSON, GEORGE (1812-1902)
• RAWLINSON, RICHARD (169o-1755)
• RAWLINSON, SIR HENRY CRESWICKE (1810—1895)
• RAWLINSON, SIR ROBERT (1810—1898)

Rawlinson) has been contested, although it is pointed out that Sennacherib at all events did not invade Egypt, and that 2 Kings xix . 24 (Isa. xxxvii . 25) can only refer to his successor . The allusion to the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Sennacherib (xix . 36 sq.)4 points to the See also:

• YEAR

year 68i, but it is uncertain to which of the above narratives it belongs . On the whole, the question must be See also:

• LEFT

left open, and with it both the problem of the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the name Musri and Mizraim outside Egypt in the Assyrian and See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew records of this period and the true historical background of a number of the Isaianic prophecies . It is quite possible that later events which belong to the time of the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian supremacy and the See also:

• WARS

wars of Esarhaddon have been confused with the history of Sennacherib's invasion . It is not certain whether Hezekiah's conflict with the Philistines as far as Gaza or his preparations to secure for Jerusalem a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply (xviii .

8, xx . 20; 2 Chron. xxxii . 30; Ecclus. xlviii . 17 sq.)' should precede or follow the events which have been discussed . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the reforms which the compiler of the See also:

• BOOK

book has attributed to the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the reign were doubtless much later (2 Kings xviii. i-8) . Not the fall of Samaria, but the crisis of 701, is the earliest date that could safely be chosen, and the extent of these reforms must not be overestimated . They are related in terms that imply an acquaintance with the great " Deuteronomic " See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement (see DECTERONOMV), and are magnified further with characteristic detail by the chronicler (2 Chron. See also:

• XXIX

xxix.-xxxi.) . The most remarkable was the destruction of a brazen See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent, the cult of which was traditionally traced back to the time of See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses (Num. xxi . 9).6 This persistence of serpent-cult, and the I For the early date (between 720 and 710), Winckler, Alitest . Unt . 139 sqq., See also:

• BURNEY, CHARLES (1726-1814)

Burney, Kings, 350 sq.; See also:

• DRIVER, SAMUEL ROLLES (1846– )

Driver; Kuchler, &c.; for the later, Whitehouse, Isaiah, 29 sq., in agreement with See also:

• SCHRADER, EBERHARD (1836-1908)

Schrader, See also:

• WELLHAUSEN, JULIUS (1844— )

Wellhausen, W . R .

Smith, Cheyne, M'Curdy, See also:

• PATON, JOHN BROWN (1830- )
• PATON, SIR JOSEPH NOEL (1821-1901)

Paton, &c . 2 Isa . X . 28-32 may perhaps refer to this invasion . Allusions to the Assyrian oppression are found in Isa. x . 5-15, xiv . 24-27, xvii . 12-14; and to See also:

• INTERNAL

internal Judaean intrigues perhaps in Isa. xxii . 15-18, xxix . 15 . For a picture of the ruins in Jerusalem, see Isa. xxii . 9-11 .

But see further ISAIAH (Boon) . 3 See, on the story, See also:

• GRIFFITH, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1784-1878)

Griffith, in D . See also:

• HOGARTH, WILLIAM (1697–1764)

Hogarth's Authority and See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

Archaeology, p . 167, n . I . The house of Nisroch should probably Le that of the See also:

• GOD

god See also:

• NUSKU

Nusku ; see also Driver in Hogarth, op. cit. p . 109 ; Winckler, op. cit. p . 84 . It is commonly believed that Hezekiah constructed the conduit of Siloam, famous for its Hebrew inscription (see See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

INSCRIPTIONS, JERUSALEM) . But Isa. viii . 6, would seem to show that the See also:

• POOL

pool was already in existence, and, for palaeographical details, see See also:

• PAL, KRISTO DAS (1839–1884)

Pal . E.xplor .

Fund, Quart . Slat . (1909), pp . 289, 305 sqq . 6 The name Nehushtan (2 Kings xviii . 4, cp. nahrlsh, " serpent ") is obscure; sec the commentaries . See also:

• IDOLATRY

idolatry (See also:

• NECROMANCY (Gr. veKpoµavreia, or veIVoµavrEia, from vEKpos or ViKVS, corpse, and µavreia, divination)

necromancy, See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree-See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship) which the contemporary prophets denounce, do not support the view that the apparently See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical reforms of Hezekiah were extensive or permanent, and Jer. See also:

• XXVI

xxvi . 17-19 (which suggests that See also:

• MICAH
• MICAH (r )

Micah had a greater See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence than Isaiah) throws another See also:

• LIGHT

light upon the conditions during his reign . Hezekiah was succeeded by his son See also:

• MANASSEH (7th cent. B.C.)
• MANASSEH (apparently Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the Bible, a tribe of Israel, the elder but less important of the "sons" of Joseph. Its seat lay to the north of Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce

MANASSEH (q.v.) . See further W . R . Smith, Prophets, 359-364, and HEBREW See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

RELIGION .

According to Prov. See also:

• XXV

xxv . 1, Hezekiah was a See also:

• PATRON

patron of literature (see See also:

• PROVERBS, BOOK OF (Heb. Mishle Slzelomoh, " Proverbs of Solomon," abridged by the later Jews to Mishle; Septuagint, irapotpiai or II. EaX.; Lat. Vulg. Parabolae sal. and Liber proverbiorum)

PROVERBS) . The hymn which is ascribed to the king (Isa. xxxviii . 9-20, wanting in 2 Kings) is of See also:

• POST

post-exilic origin (see Cheyne, Introd. to Isaiah, 222 sq.), but is further See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of the manner in which the Judaean king was idealized in subsequent ages, partly, perhaps, in the belief that the deliverance of Jerusalem was the See also:

• REWARD

reward for his piety . For See also:

• SPECIAL

special discussions, site See also:

• STADE
• STADE, BERNHARD (1848–1906)

Stade, Zeits. d. alttest . Wissenschaft, 1886, pp . 173 sqq . ; Winckler, Alttest . Untersuch., 26 sqq . ; Schrader, See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

Cuneiform Inscr. and Old Test . (on 2 Kings, l.c.); Driver, Isaiah, his See also:

• LIFE

Life and Times, pp . 43-83; A .

Jeremias, Alte Test . 304-310; Nagel, See also:

• ZUG
• ZUG (Fr. Zoug)
• ZUG, LAKE OF

Zug d . Sanherib gegen Jerus . (Leipzig, 1903, conservative); and especially Prasek, Sanherib's Feldziige gegen Juda " (Mitteil. d. vorderasiat . Gesell., 1903, pp . 113-158), K . See also:

• FULLERTON, LADY GEORGIANA CHARLOTTE (1812-1885)

Fullerton, Bibliotheca sacra, 1906, pp . 577-634, A . Alt, Israel u . Agypten (Leipzig, 1909) ; also the bibliography to ISAIAH . - (S . A .