Hezekiah /ˌhɛzɨˈkaɪ.ə/ (Hebrew: חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, חִזְקִיָּ֫ה, יְחִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, Modern H̱izkiyyahu, H̱izkiyya, Yeẖizkiyyahu Tiberian Ḥizqiyyā́hû, Ḥizqiyyā, Yəḥizqiyyā́hû; Greek: Ἐζεκίας, Ezekias, in the Septuagint; Latin: Ezechias; also transliterated as Ḥizkiyyahu or Ḥizkiyyah) was the son of Ahaz and the 14th king of Judah.Edwin Thiele has concluded that his reign was between c. 715 and 686 BC. He is also one of the most prominent kings of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Testament.
According to the Hebrew Testament, Hezekiah witnessed the destruction of the northern Kingdom of Israel by Sargon's Assyrians in c 720 BC and was king of Judah during the invasion and siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib in 701 BC. Hezekiah enacted sweeping religious reforms, during which he removed the worship of foreign deities from the Temple in Jerusalem, and restored the worship of Yahweh, God of Israel, as instructed by the Torah.Isaiah and Micah prophesied during his reign.
Hezekiah, more properly transliterated as Ḥizkiyyahu (and sometimes as Ezekias) (Hebrew: חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ Ḥizqiyyāhu, Khizkiyahu; or יְחִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ Yəḥizqiyyāhu, Y'khizkiyahu); ; or Ḥizkiyyah (Hebrew: חִזְקִיָּ֫ה Ḥizqiyyāh). The root of the name חִזְקִיָּהוּ Ḥizkiyyahu is חזק, a verb stem that can mean
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In a small town, where tradition has reigned, adolescents are rounded up and tested in an ultimate deviation. We follow Hezekiah, a well-behaved son and older brother, in the final hours of his youth. Pulled between the confines of tradition and the possibility of escape, love and a life- unknown he and his fellow youth must make a decision that will free them or ruin them forever.
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Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colorful parents and coaches of the team better in an attempt to find the inspiration for his next movie.
Keywords: adoption, apostrophe-in-title, baseball, baseball-team, children, coach, comedian, family-relationships, father-son-relationship, gay-adoption
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The war between the forces of good and evil is over and all the demons and angels coincidentally move into the same old apartment building in Los Angeles. To pay the rent, they get jobs in "the industry" thus explaining why directors, executives, lawyers, casting, agents, and script doctors are "evil" and P.A.'s, post production and writers are "good" while all actors are doomed to go to hell (on a slip and slide). Angela, an innocent aspiring actress and only human resident, juggles between her acting career and dealing with her colorful and other-worldly neighbors.
Keywords: hollywood-california, neighbor, supernatural-power
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Keywords: cowboy, elvis-impersonator, independent-film, modern-western, murder, native-american, punk, punk-rock, revenge, road-trip
New York City is tough, but the country is really murder.
They were looking for the American Deream. . . They found the American Nightmare.
Biscut: Check it out, dudes: there's a town in Arizona called Mohawk! Maybe I'll retire there!
[first lines]::Milo: I'm so sick of doing this; I'm sick of waiting for the world to end.::Biscut: Me, too. Why don't we do something else for a change?::Grant: Yeah? Like what?::Biscut: Well, if we put our heads together, maybe we could figure something out.::Grant: My head just got stepped on. I can't think of nothing.::Milo: California! Let's move to California!::Biscut: I got a job. I got responsibilities.::Milo: Biscut, you're washing dishes in a shithole, brother. Personally, I think you could risk the career change.
Biscut: Nice country, man. It's kinda like a Road Runner cartoon - meep-meep...! I mean, it's kinda creepy, like there's too much open space. Do you feel that?
Daredelvis: So, what's y'all fellas' line of work?::Grant: Survival.::Daredelvis: Oh, well that's the slowest form of suicide.::[hands Grant his business card]::Daredelvis: Well, look, man, if I can ever be of any help...::Grant: [reading] Dared-delvis...? Horse trader, snake charmer, marriage counselor, divorce lawyer, musician, poker player, stunt driver, dowser, clairvoyant, actor, poet.::Daredelvis: Yeah, man, but my real bread and butter's the Bullfightin' scene. You really oughta' catch my act sometime - it's going nowhere but up!
Biscut: Till a week ago, I ain't never seen a dead man before, and now - fuck - you know?
Wes: Aw, man! We just got a little carried away that night, that's all! That buddy of yours; that was the first white man we ever killed, honest!
Grant: Look, Milo, we're talking about real life here, okay? Real life is not California. Real life is a shit sandwich and every day you gotta take another bite.