JEHIZKIAH

(Je·hiz·kiʹah) [Jehovah strengthens].

A leading Ephraimite who not only opposed Israel’s making captives of their brothers from the southern kingdom when the Israelites under King Pekah defeated Judah, but also gave material assistance to the captives. Jehizkiah was the son of Shallum.—2 Chron. 28:6, 8, 12-15.