2 Chronicles 20:31
in 2 Chronicles 20So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
KJV
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 20
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Azubah the daughter of Shilhi
on 2 Chronicles 20:31-34
The regnal summary: twenty-five years, walking in the way of Asa, doing right in the sight of the LORD. The Howbeit at verse 33, the high places were not taken away, stands beside 17:6, which says he took them away, and the readings hold both: the royal reform removed them and popular use rebuilt them, for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts, the verse's own explanation. The rest of the acts are in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, one of the named sources the Chronicler worked from and openly cites.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the L ORD , before the new court, 6 And said, O L ORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:94%@v5-6
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah,.... Of these two verses; see Gill on 1Ki 22:42. 1Ki 22:43.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט | yehoshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁים֩ | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וְחָמֵ֨שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| שָׁנָ֜ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בְּמָלְכ֗וֹ | bemalekho | when became king he | H4427 → | 348 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְחָמֵ֤שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| שָׁנָה֙ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| מָלַ֣ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְשֵׁ֣ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אִמּ֔וֹ | ʾimo | mother his | H517 → | 220 times |
| עֲזוּבָ֖ה | ʾazuvah | [was] Azubah | H5806 → | |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| שִׁלְחִֽי׃ | shilchi | Shilhi | H7977 → |
וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְand he reigned
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טJehoshaphat
yehoshafatH3092 →84 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
בֶּן־a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁלֹשִׁים֩thirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וְחָמֵ֨שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
שָׁנָ֜הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
בְּמָלְכ֗וֹwhen became king he
bemalekhoH4427 →348 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֨יםand twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
וְחָמֵ֤שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
שָׁנָה֙year[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
מָלַ֣ךְhe reigned
malakhH4427 →348 times
בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אִמּ֔וֹmother his
ʾimoH517 →220 times
עֲזוּבָ֖ה[was] Azubah
ʾazuvahH5806 →
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
שִׁלְחִֽי׃Shilhi
shilchiH7977 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.