2 Kings 18:1
And it came to pass in the third year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel that Ezekias son of Achaz king of Juda + 18:1 Gr. reigned.began to reign.
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2 Kings 15:30And Osee son of Ela + 15:30 Gr. conspired, etc.formed a conspiracy against Phakee the son of Romelias, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Joatham the son of Azarias.
2 Kings 16:20And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Ezekias (this is the seventh year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel,) that Salamanassar king of the Assyrians came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Chronicles 28:27And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; for they did not bring him into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 29:29And when they had done offering it, the king and all that were present bowed, and worshipped.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 18:1
When the prophet had condemned Ephraim for lies and deceit he comforted himself with this, that Judah yet "ruled with God, and was faithful with the Most Holy," Hos. xi. 12 . It was a very melancholy view which the last chapter gave us of the desolations of Israel; but this chapter shows us the affairs of Judah in a good posture at the same time, that it may appear God has not quite cast off the seed of Abraham, Rom. xi. 1 . Hezekiah is here upon the throne, I. Reforming his kingdom, ver. 1-6 . II. Prospering in… Read the whole commentary →