KJV King James Version
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
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2 Kings 18:1
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
WEB World English Bible
Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
ASV American Standard Version
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, reigned hath Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah;
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 18
1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
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וַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבִּשְׁנַ֣תH8141 · sha.nehyearשָׁלֹ֔שׁH7969 · sha.loshthreeלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַH1954 · ho.she.aHosheaבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childאֵלָ֖הH425 · e.lahElahמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelמָלַ֛ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignחִזְקִיָּ֥הH2396 · chiz.qiy.yahHezekiahבֶן־H1121 · benson: childאָחָ֖זH271 · a.chazAhazמֶ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָֽה׃H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudah
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 28:27And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, [even] in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.Matthew 1:9-10And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;1 Chronicles 3:13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,2 Kings 16:20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.2 Kings 16:2Twenty 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.2 Kings 18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which [was] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
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