2 Kings 16:1

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Anno decimoseptimo Phacee filii Romeliæ, regnavit Achaz filius Joatham regis Juda.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

2 Kings 16:1–2

In 735 BC, during the seventeenth year of King Pekah's reign, Ahaz began to rule. He had been co-ruler for eleven years, but now he officially became king. This marked his transition from being under his father Jotham, who ruled from 743 to 735 BC, to ruling in his place from 735 to 732 BC. Ahaz likely had his official accession ceremony after his father's death in 732 BC. The author of Kings counts Ahaz's reign as lasting sixteen years, from 731 BC (the year after his father died) to 715 BC. See also study note on 2 Kings 17:1.

Theme notes and profiles

Ahaz Assyria

Events

Reign of Ahaz

Related verses

Isaiah 1:1
This 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.
2 Kings 15:32–33
In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
2 Kings 15:38
And 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.
2 Chronicles 28:1–4
Ahaz 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.
Isaiah 7:1
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
Hosea 1:1
This 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.
2 Kings 15:27–30
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.
Micah 1:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

Parallels

2 Chronicles 28:1–4

People

Ahaz: King of Judah, son of Jotham 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

Glossary

Ahaz (King) Kings, Books of First and Second Nineveh, Ninevite

Topics

Ahaz: King of Judah, Son and Successor of Jotham Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Ahaz Prophecies Concerning Israel: Jotham is Succeeded by Ahaz Remaliah: Father of Pekah, King of Israel

2 Kings 16:1

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