Hezekiah, or Ezekias, was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Judah. He is described as "the best-attested figure in biblical history," due to the extensive documentation of his reign in biblic
King Hezekiah on a painting by unknown artist in the choir of St. Mary's Church, Åhus [sv], 17th century
The Defeat of Sennacherib, oil on panel by Peter Paul Rubens, seventeenth century
The Flight of Adrammelech, Biblical illustration by Arthur Murch
In the biblical Books of Kings, the Nehushtan is the bronze image of a serpent on a pole. The image is described in the Book of Numbers, where Yahweh instructed Moses to erect it so that the Israelite
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…and the Second Book of Chronicles. His efforts to consolidate worship around the God of Israel and his destruction of other cult objects, such as the bronze serpent made by Moses, are seen as his way of consolidating power and temple resources during a turbulent time. His reign was marked by prophetic activity…
Moses lifts up the brass snake in a photograph of the stained glass window at St Mark's Church, Gillingham
The Brazen Serpent (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot)
The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan has a Roman column and, on top of it, a bronze serpent donated by emperor Basil II in 1007. It may be the origin of the biscione/bissa symbol of Milan.
A modern monument of the bronze serpent (which Moses erected in the Negev desert) on Mount Nebo, in front of the church of Saint Moses (2018).