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New page: '''Hephzibah''' (Hebrew: '''חפצי בּהּ''' "''my delight is in her''") was the wife of Hezekiah and mother of king Manasseh ([http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/2ki21....
'''Hephzibah''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''חפצי בּהּ''' "''my delight is in her''") was the wife of [[Hezekiah]] and mother of king [[Manasseh]] ([http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/2ki21.html#1 2 Kings 21:1]).<ref>''Hephzibah'' [http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/hephzibah.html ChristianAnswers.Net] accessed June 24, 2007</ref> It is a tradition in [[Judaism]] that she was the daughter of [[Isaiah]], "whose name, they say, is not mentioned, because so wicked a king was unworthy of such a grandfather".<ref>'''Gill, John''', ''John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible'' [http://www.freegrace.net/gill/ FreeGrace Net] accessed June 24, 2007</ref> Barnes counters that: "this is scarcely probable. She was, however, no doubt, known to the prophet, and it may well have been in special compliment to her that Isaiah introduced her name ([http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/isa62.html#4 Isa. 62:4]) as one that [[Jerusalem]] would bear after her restoration to God’s favor."<ref>'''Barnes, Albert''', ''Barnes on the Old Testament'' Vol. VI London: Blackie and Son (1868)</ref>
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