2 Kings 15:32

2 Kings 15:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
• New International Version (NIV)In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.

Context of 2 Kings 15:32

30And Hoshea the son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death, and he became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 31Now as for the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king. 33He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 34He did what was right in the sight of the Lord; he acted in accordance with everything that his father Uzziah had done.

2 Kings 15:32 word by word

בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְפֶ֥קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ יוֹתָ֥ם בֶּן־עֻזִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• In the secondשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of Pekahפֶּ֫קַחpeqach · PekahH6492
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Remaliahרְמַלְיָ֜הוּremalyâhû · RemaliahH7425
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Jothamיוֹתָםyôthâm · JothamH3147
• Uzziahעֻזִּיָּהוּ‛ûzzîyâh ‛ûzzîyâhû · UzziahH5818
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• becameמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:32

• 2 Kings 15:7And Azariah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Jotham became king in his place.
• 1 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah, his son, Azariah, his son, Jotham, his son,
• 2 Chronicles 27:1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
• Matthew 1:9Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.
• 2 Kings 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king.
• 2 Kings 14:21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15:32

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32The writer here resumes the history of Judah from 2 Kings 15:7, to resume and conclude the history of Israel in 2 Kings 17.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-38Verses 32-38 Jotham showed great respect to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, for the suppressing of vice and profaneness, let them do the more to support and advance piety and virtue.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33In 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.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 15:32

• Influence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jotham

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Jotham
• Judah
• Uzziah
• Ozias
• Remaliah
• Assyria
• Chronology of the Old Testament

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15

• 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