Bible Person

Hephzi-bah

Female · 2 cross references

Hephzi-bah is the wife of Hezekiah and the mother of Manasseh. She belongs to the royal household line through which Judah's kingship passes into one of its most consequential and troubling generations. First appears in 2 Kgs 21:1.1

AI summary: Hephzi-bah matters because the cross references place her at the maternal hinge between the reforming reign of Hezekiah and the disastrous reign of Manasseh. Though her role is brief, the notice roots that transition in an actual royal household rather than a bare succession list. Taken together, the material presents Hephzi-bah as a queen-mother whose place contributes to the dynastic texture of Judah's monarchy.1