Hephzibah

Hephzibah or Hepzibah (English: /ˈ h ɛ f z ɪ b ə / or /ˈ h ɛ p z ɪ b ə / ; Hebrew: חֶפְצִי־בָהּ ‎ , Modern: ḥefṣī-vah , Tiberian: ḥep̄ṣī-ḇāh , my delight is in her) is a figure in the Books of Kings in the Bible. She was the wife of Hezekiah, King of Judah (reigned c. 715 and 686 BCE), and the mother of Manasseh of Judah (reigned c. 687–643 BCE).

Hephzibah is depicted in 2 Kings 21:1.[1] According to Rabbinic literature, Isaiah was the maternal grandfather of Manasseh.[2]

The name Hephzibah is also used as a symbolic name for Zion following its restoration to the favor of Yahweh in Isaiah 62:4.[3]