2 Kings 16:1

In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

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Cross References

2 Kings 15:27In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.

2 Kings 15:38And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles 3:13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

Isaiah 1:1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 7:3Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

Hosea 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:1

This chapter is wholly taken up with the reign of Ahaz; and we have quite enough of it, unless it were better. He had a good father, and a better son, and yet was himself one of the worst of the kings of Judah. I. He was a notorious idolater, ver. 1-4 . II. With the treasures of the temple, as well as his own, he hired the king of Assyria to invade Syria and Israel, ver. 5-9 . III. He took pattern from an idol's altar which he saw at Damascus for a new altar in God's temple, ver. 10-16 . IV. He abused and… Read the whole commentary →

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