2 Kings 16:1 KJV

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

Difficult Passages

  • Why is Ahaz called king of Israel?Chronicles calls Judah’s kings kings of Israel, Judah being the house of David and the temple; and Ahaz walked in the ways of Israel’s kings.

Matthew Henry

  • Ahaz, king of Judah, His wicked reignFew and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them, will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin was its own...

Cross References

  • 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.
  • 2 Kings 15:27–30 In 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 15:32–33 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. …
  • 2 Kings 15:38 And 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.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:1–4 Ahaz 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: …

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Topics

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • AhazKing of Judah · 742–726 BC

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Bible Dictionary

  • PekahOpen-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and...
  • RemaliahAdorned by the Lord, the father of Pekah, who conspired successfully against Pekahiah (2 Kgs 15:25, 2 Kgs 15:27, 2 Kgs 15:30, 2 Kgs...
  • AhazPossessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr 8:35; 1 Chr 9:42).
  • JothamJehovah is perfect. (1.) The youngest of Gideon’s seventy sons. He escaped when the rest were put to death by the order of Abimelech...
  • JudahPraise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • In the seventeenth בִּשְׁנַת bišnat שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition שְׁבַע šĕbaʿ שֶׁבַע Number · feminine singular עֶשְׂרֵה ʿeśrê עָשָׂר Number · feminine singular
  • year שָׁנָה šānâ שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine singular
  • of Pekah לְפֶקַח lĕpeqaḥ פֶּקַח Proper name · with preposition
  • the son בֶּן ben בֵּן Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of Remaliah רְמַלְיָהוּ rĕmalyāhû רְמַלְיָהוּ Proper name
  • Ahaz אָחָז ʾāḥāz אָחָז Proper name
  • the son בֶּן ben בֵּן Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of Jotham יוֹתָם yôtām יוֹתָם Proper name
  • king מֶלֶךְ melek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of Judah יְהוּדָה yĕhûdâ יְהוּדָה Proper name
  • began to reign מָלַךְ mālak מָלַךְ Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular

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