Person Old Testament
Hezekiah
Also known as Hezekiah =ESV, NIV; Hizkiah =KJV
Hezekiah was an ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Zephaniah 1:1.
Why it matters. Ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Hezekiah
Hezekiah is mentioned in Zep.1.1 as an ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah. He is listed as the great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah, who prophesied during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. No other details are provided about this Hezekiah. He is not to be confused with King Hezekiah of Judah, who lived earlier. The mention of Hezekiah in Zephaniah's genealogy helps to establish the prophet's lineage and time period.
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.
- Children
- Amariah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Zephaniah (1 verse)