New English Translation
2 Kings 15:32
32In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Uzziah’s son Jotham became king over Judah.
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
30Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah. 31The rest of the events of Pekah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Uzziah’s son Jotham became king over Judah. 33He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 34He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.
Read all of 2 Kings 152 Kings 15:32 word by word
בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְפֶ֥קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ יוֹתָ֥ם בֶּן־עֻזִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In the secondשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- of Pekahפֶּ֫קַחpeqach · PekahH6492
- the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of Remaliahרְמַלְיָ֜הוּremalyâhû · RemaliahH7425
- kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- began Jothamיוֹתָםyôthâm · JothamH3147
- of Uzziahעֻזִּיָּהוּ‛ûzzîyâh ‛ûzzîyâhû · UzziahH5818
- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- to reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:32
- 2 Kings 15:7Azariah passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king.
- 1 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
- 2 Chronicles 27:1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
- Matthew 1:9Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
- 2 Kings 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Amaziah’s son Azariah became king over Judah.
- 2 Kings 14:21All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
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
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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
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