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Person Old Testament

Hezekiah

Also known as Jehezekiah; Hezekiah =ESV, NIV, KJV

Hezekiah was an ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Ezra 2:16.

Why it matters. Ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem.

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Hezekiah

Hezekiah is briefly mentioned as an ancestor in the list of people returned from exile (Ezr.2.16; Neh.7.21).

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

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Appears in Scripture

Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • Ezra (1 verse)

    2:16

  • Nehemiah (1 verse)

    7:21

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.