2 Kings 16:1

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2Twenty years old, was Ahaz when he began to reign, and, sixteen years, reigned he in Jerusalem. And he did not that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, like David his father;

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Cross References

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

2 Kings 15:38And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers, in the city of David his father,—and, Ahaz his son, reigned, in his stead.

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

Isaiah 1:1The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw, concerning Judah and Jerusalem,—in the days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah—kings of Judah.

Isaiah 7:3Then said Yahweh, unto Isaiah, Go forth, I pray thee, to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son,—unto the end of the channel of the upper pool, unto the highway of the fuller’s field;

Hosea 1:1The word of Yahweh which came unto Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah,—and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, 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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