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2 Chronicles 29:1

AbijahHezekiahZechariahJerusalem
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.

2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

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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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  • 2 Kings 18:1–3

    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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  • 1 Chronicles 3:13

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

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:5

    And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

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  • Isaiah 1:1

    The 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.

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  • Isaiah 8:2

    And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

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  • Micah 1:1

    The 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.

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  • Hosea 1:1

    The 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.

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  • Matthew 1:9–10

    And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

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