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 | | He made an alliance with Israel which was cemented by the marriage of his heir, Jehoram, to the Hebrew princess, Athalia, the daughter of King Ahab of Israel and his Phoenician wife, Jezebel of Tyre (2 Chr 21:6). |
 | | King Pekah of Israel and his allies, Syria, Jordan, and Gaza, besieged Jerusalem, intending to place the cousin of Ahaz, namely, Elkanah [son of Prince Tabael, one of King Jotham’s younger brothers], on the throne (Isaiah 7:6), who was sympathetic to their cause. |
 | | Hezekiah attempted to revive the religious unity of Israel by inviting the people of the Assyrian province of Samaria, formerly the Israelite kingdom, to come to Jerusalem to worship, but his attempt was rendered ineffective due to the opposition of the Assyrian military-governor of the province. |
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