2 Chronicles 29:1

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.

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BSB
Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
KJV
Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
WEB
Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
ASV
Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
DARBY
Hezekiah began to reign being twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.
BLB
Hezekiah became king, a son of twenty-five years, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. And the name of his mother [was] Abijah daughter of Zechariah.
ÅB
Hiskia ble konge da han var fem og tyve år gammel, og regjerte ni og tyve år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Abia, Sakarjas datter.
OTB
Hiskia begynte å regjere i en alder av tjuefem år, og han regjerte i tjue-ni år i Jerusalem. Hans mor het Abija, datter av Sakarja.
B1930
Esekias blev konge da han var fem og tyve år gammel, og regjerte ni og tyve år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Abia, Sakarjas datter.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 18:1–3

    In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

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  • 1 Chronicles 3:13

    Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:5

    He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

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  • Isaiah 1:1

    This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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  • Isaiah 8:2

    And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

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  • Micah 1:1

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

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  • Hosea 1:1

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

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  • Matthew 1:9–10

    Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

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