2 Kings 18:1

2 Kings 18:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
• New International Version (NIV)In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.

Context of 2 Kings 18:1

Ahaz's son Hezekiah became the king of Judah when Elah's son Hoshea had been king of Israel for three years. 2Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled Judah as king in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother's name was Abijah. She was the daughter of Zechariah. 3Hezekiah did things that the Lord said were good, as his ancestor King David had done.

2 Kings 18:1 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁלֹ֔שׁ לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בֶּן־אֵלָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ חִזְקִיָּ֥ה בֶן־אָחָ֖ז מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now it came to pass in the thirdשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of Hosheaהוֹשֵׁעַhôshêa‛ · HosheaH1954
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Elahאֵלָה'êlâh · ElahH425
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396
• of Ahazאָחָז'âchâz · AhazH271
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• began to reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 2 Kings 18:1

• 2 Kings 18:9When Hezekiah had been king for four years, Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria, took his army to attack Samaria. That was when Hoshea had been king of Israel for seven years. The Assyrian army made their camp around the city of Samaria.
• 2 Kings 15:30Then Elah's son Hoshea made a plan to kill Remaliah's son, Pekah. Hoshea murdered Pekah and he became king instead. That happened when Uzziah's son Jotham had been king of Judah for 20 years.
• 2 Kings 17:1Elah's son Hoshea became the king of Israel when Ahaz had been king of Judah for 12 years. Hoshea ruled Israel as king in Samaria for nine years.
• 2 Kings 16:20Ahaz died and they buried him beside his ancestors in the City of David. His son Hezekiah became king after him.
• 1 Chronicles 3:13Jotham's son was Ahaz. Ahaz's son was Hezekiah. Hezekiah's son was Manasseh.
• 2 Chronicles 28:27Ahaz died and his people buried him in the City of David. But they did not bury him near the graves of Israel's kings. His son Hezekiah became king after him.
• 2 Chronicles 29:1Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled Judah as king in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother's name was Abijah. She was the daughter of Zechariah.
• Matthew 1:9Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 18:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Now - in the third year of Hoshea - See the note on 2 Kings 16:1; (note), where this chronology is considered.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1In the third year - If Hoshea ascended the throne toward the close of the 12th year of Ahaz 2 Kings 17:1, and if Ahaz reigned not much more than 15 years 2 Kings 16:2, the first of Hezekiah might synchronise in part with Hoshea‘s third year. Hezekiah - The name given by our translators follows the Greek form, ̓́ Ezekias rather than the Hebrew, which is Hizkiah. Its meaning is “strength of Yahweh.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Good reign of Hezekiah in Judah, Idolatry. (1-8) Sennacherib invades Judah. (9-16) Rabshakeh's blasphemies. (17-37) Verses 1-8 Hezekiah was a true son of David. Some others did that which was right, but not like David. Let us not suppose that when times and men are bad, they must needs grow worse and worse; that does not follow: after many bad kings, God raised one up like David himself. The brazen serpent had been carefully preserved, as a memorial of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2the third year of the reign of Hoshea … over Israel: Hezekiah became co-ruler with his father, Ahaz. Hoshea started his reign in 732 BC, so Hezekiah began around 728 BC at age twelve. When Ahaz died in 715 BC, Hezekiah became the only ruler at age twenty-five. He then ruled for twenty-nine years from 715 to 686 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-32Ki 18:1-3. Hezekiah's Good Reign. 1-2. Hezekiah ... began to reign. Twenty and five years old--According to this statement (compare 2Ki 16:2), he must have been born when his father Ahaz was no more than eleven years old. Paternity at an age so early is not unprecedented in the warm climates of the south, where the human frame is matured sooner than in our northern regions. But the case admits of solution in a different way. It was customary for the…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Ahaz
• Hezekiah
• Hoshea
• Israel
• Judah
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Agreement

Commentaries on 2 Kings 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings