2 Kings 18:1 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 18:1

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.

KJV

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ASV

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.

WEB

In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

YLT

And it cometh to pass, in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, reigned hath Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah;

DBT

And 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.

About this book

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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14 verses on the floor

2 Chronicles 28:27
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
Jeremiah 3:12
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.
2 Chronicles 29:1
Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
Matthew 1:9–10
And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
1 Chronicles 3:13
Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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H195416× in canon H42516× in canon H27142× in canon H2396127× in canon H4427348× in canon

Evidence2

What the record shows

Hezekiah — attested in contemporary inscriptiontier 1 · undisputed
Sennacherib's Prisms ('shut up like a bird in a cage'); Ophel royal bulla (Mazar, scientifically excavated)
Biblical figure (King of Judah, 726-697/696 BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.
Hezekiah Bulla (Ophel)tier 1 · undisputed
Ophel, south of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem · Israel Antiquities Authority

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