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  1. In the Old Testament, king of Judah from 719
  2. BC. Against the advice of the prophet Isaiah
  3. he rebelled against Assyrian suzerainty in
  4. alliance with Egypt, but was defeated by
  5. Sennacherib and had to pay out large amounts
  6. in indemnities. He carried out religious
  7. reforms.
  8.