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Zechariah (2 Kings 18:2)

The name Zechariah means “same as Zachariah.” Zechariah is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in 2 Kings 18:2. Also called Zachariah.

Family of Zechariah

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Who was Zechariah?

The father of Abijah, who was the mother of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:1).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Zechariah

  • 2 Kings 18:2

    Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:1

    Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

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