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: …
- Isaiah 7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
- 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.
- 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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Topics
- Ahaz 1. King of Judah, son and successor of Jotham
- Israel, prophecies concerning Jotham is succeeded by Ahaz
- Remaliah Father of Pekah, king of Israel
Kings of Israel & Judah
- AhazKing of Judah · 742–726 BC
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible742–726 BC · Ahaz reigns in Judah
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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