2 Kings 15:2
1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
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.
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
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- BSB
- He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- He was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
- BLB
- He was a son of sixteen years in his reigning, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. And the name of his mother [was] Jecholiah from Jerusalem.
- ÅB
- Han var seksten år gammel da han ble konge, og regjerte to og femti år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Jekolja og var fra Jerusalem.
- OTB
- Han var seksten år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i femtito år i Jerusalem; hans mor var Jekolja fra Jerusalem.
- B1930
- Han var seksten år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte to og femti år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Jekolja og var fra Jerusalem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 26:3–4
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
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