2 Chronicles 29:1

Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah; she was 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

2He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, just as David his father had done.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:13Jotham's son was Ahaz. Ahaz's son was Hezekiah. Hezekiah's son was Manasseh.

2 Chronicles 28:27Ahaz slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. Hezekiah, his son, became king in his place.

Isaiah 8:2I will summon faithful witnesses to attest for me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

Micah 1:1This is the word of Yahweh that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 1

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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