2 Chronicles 29:1

And so Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old. And he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

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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.

In Context

2And he did what was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, in accord with all that his father David had done.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:13conceived Ahaz, the father of Hezekiah, from whom was born Manasseh.

2 Chronicles 28:27And Ahaz slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the city of Jerusalem. And they did not allow him to be in the sepulchers of the kings of Israel. And his son, Hezekiah, reigned in his place.

Isaiah 8:2And I summoned to myself faithful witnesses: Uriah, the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Berechiah.

Micah 1:1The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Moreshethite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw about Samaria and Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 29:1

We are here entering upon a pleasant scene, the good and glorious reign of Hezekiah, in which we shall find more of God and religion than perhaps in any of the good reigns we have yet met with; for he was a very zealous, devout, good man, none like him. In this chapter we have an account of the work of reformation which he set about with vigour immediately after his accession to the crown. Here is, I. His exhortation to the priests and Levites, when he put them in possession of the house of God again, ver. 1-11 .… Read the whole commentary →

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