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Hilkiah probably means μεῖραξ Διός "young man of Zeus" or alternatively
σκύλαξ Διός cf. εἴρην Διός/Jeremiah

Shaphan and Shebna are probably the same name equivalent to the New Testament name Sceva. From σκύμνος.

Sheba/ σκύμνος; of women.

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Isaiah 36:22 Eliakim son of Hilkiah , was over the household Shebna the scribe Joah son of Asaph, the recorder. This would suggest that Isaiah didn't write the Book of Isaiah, instead his prophecies were written down by a scribe. 2 Kings 22:8 (Josiah) Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the s...

The opening of Hosea mentions the birth of his children and Isaiah also mentions birth of mysterious children Hosea Jezreel Loruhamah (daughter) Laoammi Isaiah Immanuel Mahershalalhashbaz The third son in Hosea is לא-עמ-י and LXX translates Οὐ-λαόσ-μου "not my people" cf. עמני אל Was Emman...

They are different spellings of ישעיהו (Isaiah) in the LXX. In 2 Chronicles 26:22 it is Ιεσσιος but elsewhere Ησαιας which is carried over into the New Testament and Josephus. 1 Chronicles 25:15 ישעיהו Ιωσια Ezra 8:19 ישעיה Ωσαια Nehemiah 11:7 ישעיה Ιεσια Hebrew compound names are reversible, Ammiel...

Ctesias was a Greek physician and historian to the Achaemenid king Artaxerxes II His six books covered the history of Assyria and Babylon to the foundation of the Persian empire. This parallels the Old Testament and Isaiah, which covers Assyria and Babylon to the foundation of Persia. I believe the ...

Micah 1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth Isaiah 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth Isaiah - שמעו שמים "hear heaven Micah. שמעו עמים "hear people". It would seem Isaiah was modelled after Micah Perhaps the prophets are merely an attempt by Jerusalem sages to construct a...

Micah 1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth
Isaiah 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth

Isaiah - שמעו שמים "hear heaven
Micah. שמעו עמים "hear people".

It would seem Isaiah was modelled after Micah

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Isaiah 1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah , kings of Judah. Hosea 1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah , kings of Judah,...

Mark 1:3 reads 'in the wilderness' translating ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ which in Hebrew would be מערבה "In the Arabia" however this is quoting Isaiah 40:3 במדבר that is ἐν τῇ ἀνύδρῳ "In the Arid land". In Mark 1 Jesus encounters John in this "wilderness" is perhaps the very encounte...

Isaiah 41:19 KJV — I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree , and the pine , and the box tree together: Isaiah 60:13 KJV — The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree , the pine tree , and the box ...