ID: 901000422 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000422	Record Type: Character/Person

	Hezekiah, King of Judah (Old Testament character)

Note: An ancestor of Christ depicted in the Tree of Jesse. Biblical character, identified with a historical king.

Display Date: flourished late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE

Names:

	Hezekiah, King of Judah (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Hezechias (Old Testament character) (Dutch-P,D,N)
	Hezechias (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
	Hezekiah (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
	Ḥizqiyya (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Ḥizḳiyah (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Ḥizḳiyahu (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Yeḥizḳiyah (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	יחזקיהו (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Hezekiah, King of Judah (Old Testament character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Tree of Jesse
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Tree of Jesse (Christian theme)) [901000411]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
	.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	identified as .... Hezekiah (Ancient Hebrew king, reigned ca. 715-ca. 686 BCE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Hezekiah, King of Judah (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 85141733
	Hezechias (Old Testament character)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
	Hezekiah (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ḥizqiyya (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ḥizḳiyah (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Ḥizḳiyahu (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Yeḥizḳiyah (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	יחזקיהו (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) 13 September 2012
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Hezikiah," accessed 30 June 2017