He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
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He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
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Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
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Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 15:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 26:3-4 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem. He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he…
2Ki 15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
Ver. 2. And he reigned two and fifty years.] He reigned still, though a leper for his curiosity and insolency; the disease of his forehead did not remove his crown. So, if we be once a royal generation, our leprosies may deform us, they shall not dethrone us.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Besides the sixteen years of his minority last mentioned.
Besides the sixteen years of his minority last mentioned.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he did that which was right in the…
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,.... At the beginning of his reign, and in an external way:
according to all that his father Amaziah had done; who did not do what he did as David, sincerely and cordially, Kg2 14:3.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Two and fifty years — The reign of…
2. Two and fifty years — The reign of this king was a most eventful period in Judah and Israel. In his day lived the great prophets Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, Joel, and Jonah; and he lived to see six kings pass from the throne of Israel. The record of this reign is so much more fully given in Chronicles that the reader is referred to the notes there. See on 2 Chronicles 26.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. his mother’s name was Jecholiah] R.V. Jecoliah. This…
2. his mother’s name was Jecholiah] R.V. Jecoliah. This is the form in 2Ch_26:3.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Sixteen years old was he when he began to…
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. These numbers are confirmed by Chronicles (2Ch_26:1-3) and by Josephus ("Ant. Jud:," 9:10. who says that he reigned fifty-two years, and died at the ago of sixty-eight. And his mother"s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. Josephus ("Ant. Jud:," 9:10. calls her "Achiala."
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