Hezekiah (;
Hebrew: ; ,
Ezekias, in the
Septuagint; ; also transliterated as
Ḥizkiyyahu or
Ḥizkiyyah) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the son of
Ahaz and the 13th king of
Judah. Archaeologist
Edwin Thiele has concluded that his reign was between c. 715 and 686 BC. He is also one of the most prominent kings of Judah mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible and is one of the kings mentioned in the
genealogy of Jesus in the
Gospel of Matthew.