2 Kings 15:32

Translations

Modern

In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.

Traditional

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

Literal

In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah became king.

Latin

Anno secundo Phacee filii Romeliæ regis Israël, regnavit Joatham filius Oziæ regis Juda.

Original

Hebrew

English

In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.

Notes

2 Kings 15:32–33

In the second year of King Pekah's reign, Jotham began his first full year as an independent ruler. He had been co-ruler with his father for the previous ten years.

sixteen years: This period spans from when Jotham began co-ruling with his father Uzziah in 750 BC until his son Ahaz became the main ruler of Judah in 735 BC.

Theme notes and profiles

Ahaz Assyria

Events

Reign of Jotham

Related verses

2 Kings 15:7
And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
1 Chronicles 3:12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
2 Kings 15:1
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
2 Kings 14:21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2 Kings 15:17
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
2 Kings 15:27
In 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 15:13
In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
2 Kings 15:23
In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.
2 Chronicles 27:1–9
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
Matthew 1:9
Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 27:1–9

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Jotham: King of Judah and son of Uzziah Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province Pekah: King of Israel who reigned for 20 years Remaliah: Father of Pekah, king of Israel Uzziah: King of Judah, reigned 52 years

Glossary

Kings, Books of First and Second Menahem Nineveh, Ninevite Remaliah Samaria Zadok

Topics

Influence: Good Jotham: Son of Azariah, King of Judah Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Jotham Prophecies Concerning Israel: Jotham Succeeds Uzziah

2 Kings 15:32

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