An artifact called the Taylor Prism, now at the British museum, contains an account of a military campaign against this ruler, and boasts that 46 of this ruler's walled cities were captured.
An artifact called the Taylor Prism, now at the British museum, contains an account of a military campaign against this ruler, and boasts that 46 of this ruler's walled cities were captured. This king's treasurer was named Eliakim, who replaced the disgraced minister Shebna. This man's mother was Queen Abijah, and he is credited with destroying the Nehushtan. Biblical prophecies about the coming of "Emanuel" may be a reference to this man's birth. This man built the Siloam Tunnel to serve as an underground aqueduct. This man's son reversed his religious policies and may have executed the prophet Isaiah; that son is Manasseh. This king is also famous for surviving Sennacherib's Assyrian siege of Jerusalem. For 10 points, name this reformist king of Judea, who cleared the temple of pagan idols and restored monotheism.
An artifact called the Taylor Prism, now at the British museum, contains an account of a military campaign against this ruler, and boasts that 46 of this ruler's walled cities were captured.
Hezekiah [or Hizkiyyahu; or Hizkiyyah; or Ezekias]