Scripture · Old Testament
2 Kings 15:2
2 Kings 15:2 is verse 2 of 2 Kings chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
King James Version
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
World English Bible
He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
Read in context
2 Kings 15:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
Read all of 2 Kings 15Hebrew words
בֶּןa son ofשֵׁ֨שׁsix-עֶשְׂרֵ֤הteenשָׁנָה֙year[s]הָיָ֣הhe wasבְמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king heוַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםand fiftyוּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙and twoשָׁנָ֔הyear[s]מָלַ֖ךְhe reignedבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalemוְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name ofאִמּ֔וֹmother hisיְכָלְיָ֖הוּ[was] Jecholiahמִירוּשָׂלִָֽםfrom Jerusalem
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