2 Kings 15:1 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 15:1

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.

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ASV

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

KJV

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

In the twenty amd seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah the son on Amaziah king of Judah to reign. Now Amaziah lived only to the fifteenth year of Jeroboam, 2Ki 14:2 in which year, and not in his twenty seventh, it might be thought Azariah his son began to reign. There are various ways taken to remove this difficulty, not to take notice of a corruption of numbers, "twenty seven for seventeen", which some insist on.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam - Dr. Kennicott complains loudly here, because of “the corruption in the name of this king of Judah, who is expressed by four different names in this chapter: Ozriah, Oziah, Ozrihu, and Ozihu. Our oldest Hebrew MS. relieves us here by reading truly, in 2Ki 15:1, 2Ki 15:6, 2Ki 15:7, עזיהו Uzziah, where the printed text is differently corrupted. This reading is called true, 1. Because it is supported by the Syriac and Arabic versions in these three verses.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Being a child only four years old when his father was murdered, a regency was appointed during Azariah's minority. began Azariah . . . to reign--The character of his reign is described by the brief formula employed by the inspired historian, in recording the religious policy of the later kings.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּשְׁנַ֨ת	bish.Nat	in year	H8141 →
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
וָשֶׁ֙בַע֙	va.She.va'	and seven	H7651 →
שָׁנָ֔ה	sha.Nah	year	H8141 →
לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם	le.ya.ra.ve.'Am	of Jeroboam	H3379 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
מָלַ֛ךְ	ma.Lakh	he became king	H4427 →
עֲזַרְיָ֥ה	'a.zar.Yah	Azariah	H5838 →
בֶן־	ven-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אֲמַצְיָ֖ה	'a.matz.Yah	Amaziah	H558 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יְהוּדָֽה׃	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 26:1
All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
leads to
- Matthew 1:8–9
  Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 3:12
  Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 22:1
  Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.…
- 2 Kings 15:1–7
  In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
Through
2 Kings 14:21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
leads to
- 2 Kings 21:24
  But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:13
  In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
Through
2 Kings 15:13
In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
leads to
- Job 20:15
  He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
- Proverbs 28:2
  A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

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