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Hezekiah

800 BC - 697 BC

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Hezekiah (; Biblical Hebrew: חִזְקִיָּהוּ‎, romanized: Ḥizqiyyāhu), or Ezekias (born c. 741 BCE, sole ruler c. 716/15–687/86), was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Judah according to the Hebrew Bible. In the Biblical narrative, Hezekiah witnessed the destruction of the northern Kingdom of Israel by the Neo-Assyrian Empire under Sargon II in c. 722 BCE. He was king of Judah during the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib in 701 BCE. Hezekiah enacted sweeping religious reforms, including a strict mandate for the sole worship of Yahweh and a prohibition on venerating other deities within the First Temple. He is considered a very righteous king in both the Second Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hezekiah has received more than 2,228,945 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Hezekiah is the 839th most popular politician (down from 667th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Israel (down from 40th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Israeli Politician.

Hezekiah is most famous for being the king of Judah who successfully defeated the Assyrian army in 701 BC.

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  • 70.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hezekiah ranks 839 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, Childeric III, Chlothar I, Raymond Poincaré, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, and Alfonso XII of Spain. After him are Cassander, Halimah Yacob, Imad ad-Din Zengi, Aurangzeb, Shoshenq I, and Anastasius I Dicorus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800 BC, Hezekiah ranks 6. Before him are Homer, Isaiah, Hesiod, Amos, and Lycurgus of Sparta. After him are Hoshea, Esarhaddon, Manasseh of Judah, Achaemenes, Titus Tatius, and Jotham of Judah. Among people deceased in 697 BC, Hezekiah ranks 1. After him is King Huan of Zhou.

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  • Photo of Homer

    Homer

    WRITER

    800 BC - 750 BC

    HPI: 89.85

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Isaiah

    Isaiah

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    800 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 79.93

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Hesiod

    Hesiod

    WRITER

    800 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 78.38

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Amos

    Amos

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    800 BC - 745 BC

    HPI: 73.04

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Lycurgus of Sparta

    Lycurgus of Sparta

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 730 BC

    HPI: 71.84

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Hezekiah

    Hezekiah

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 697 BC

    HPI: 70.75

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Hoshea

    Hoshea

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 800 BC

    HPI: 68.78

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Esarhaddon

    Esarhaddon

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 669 BC

    HPI: 68.33

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Manasseh of Judah

    Manasseh of Judah

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 642 BC

    HPI: 67.63

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Achaemenes

    Achaemenes

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 67.53

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Titus Tatius

    Titus Tatius

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 800 BC

    HPI: 67.44

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Jotham of Judah

    Jotham of Judah

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 800 BC

    HPI: 65.51

    Rank: 12

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Hezekiah ranks 48 out of 466. Before him are William of Tyre (1130), Joseph of Arimathea (100), Dinah (-1700), Joel (-1), Amos Oz (1939), and Ehud Olmert (1945). After him are Procopius (500), Daniel Kahneman (1934), Josiah (-648), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Herodias (-100), and James, son of Alphaeus (-10).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Hezekiah ranks 15. Before him are Rehoboam (-972), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Amin al-Husseini (1895), Jeroboam (-1000), Ehud Barak (1942), and Ehud Olmert (1945). After him are Josiah (-648), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Abijah of Judah (-1000), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), and Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130).

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