2 Chronicles 29:1

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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 that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,—according to all that, David his father, had done.

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Cross References

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

2 Chronicles 28:27And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel,—and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

Isaiah 8:2That I may take in attestation, faithful witnesses,—even Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.

Micah 1:1The word of Yahweh which came unto Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah,—of which he had vision concerning 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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