Personalities · 7 · Hezekiah and Isaiah

Hezekiah, political opportunist

Hezekiah ruled 728–687 BCE, longer than most, and with relentless ambition made Judah an independent power.

Judah's equivalent of Omri.

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His era saw state centralization and growing Judean pride, crucial for the earliest biblical writings.

Bible reference: 2 Kings 18–20

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 101–103

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