KJV King James Version
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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2 Kings 16:1
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
WEB World English Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
ASV American Standard Version
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בִּשְׁנַת֙H8141 · sha.nehyearשְׁבַֽע־H7651 · she.vasevenעֶשְׂרֵ֣הH6240 · a.sartenשָׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearלְפֶ֖קַחH6492 · pe.qachPekahבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childרְמַלְיָ֑הוּH7425 · re.mal.ya.huRemaliahמָלַ֛ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignאָחָ֥זH271 · a.chazAhazבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childיוֹתָ֖םH3147 · yo.tamJothamמֶ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָֽה׃H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudah
Cross-references
Isaiah 1:1The 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.2 Kings 15:27-30In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] twenty years.2 Kings 15:38And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.Micah 1:1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.Hosea 1:1The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.Isaiah 7:1And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.2 Chronicles 28:1-4Ahaz [was] twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:2 Kings 15:32-33In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
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