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2 Chronicles 29:1

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Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
The treatment of Hezekiah’s reign by the author of Chronicles is in marked contrast with that followed in the Book of Kings. The writer of Kings describes mainly civil affairs; the author of Chronicles gives a full account of Hezekiah’s religious reformation. 2 Chr. 29–31 contain matter, therefore, which is almost wholly new.

This site's exposition

five and twenty years old

on 2 Chronicles 29:1-2

Hezekiah takes the throne at twenty five, the year after Ahaz shut the temple doors in the chapter before. Kings gives this reign three verses of formula before moving to the high places and the brazen serpent (2 Ki 18:1-4); Chronicles spends three whole chapters on the reopening the shorter account only assumes. Verse 2 measures him against David without qualification, the fuller comparison Henry notes several earlier kings in the book were denied: that which was right, but not like David.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Hezekiah began to reign,.... Of these two verses; see Gill on 2Ki 18:2; see Gill on 2Ki 18:3.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּHezekiah

    yechizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

  • מָלַ֗ךְhe became king

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בֶּן־a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֤יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וְחָמֵשׁ֙and five

    vechameshH2568 →343 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםand twenty

    veesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙and nine

    vatesha'H8672 →58 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of

    veshemH8034 →864 times

  • אִמּ֔וֹmother his

    ʾimoH517 →220 times

  • אֲבִיָּ֖ה[was] Abijah

    ʾaviyahH29 →25 times

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • זְכַרְיָֽהוּ׃Zechariah

    zekharyahuH2148 →43 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 18:1–3In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.4 works1 Chronicles 3:13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,3 works2 Chronicles 26:5He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.3 worksIsaiah 1:1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.2 worksMatthew 1:9–10Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.2 worksMicah 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 8:2And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”2 worksHosea 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 26:5

    He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 15:2

      So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…

    • 2 Chronicles 24:2

      And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

    • 1 Chronicles 22:13

      Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

    • Daniel 5:16

      But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in…

    • Genesis 41:38

      So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 3:13

    Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 18:1

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

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Kings 16:1

      In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

  • Through

    Isaiah 1:1

    This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

    it leads to

    • 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.

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 29 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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