2 Kings 15:1
in 2 Kings 15In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 2 Kings 15
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIn 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.
This site's exposition
began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign
on 2 Kings 15:1-2
This king carries two names through the historical books, Azariah through most of this chapter and Uzziah in Chronicles and again here at verses 13, 30, 32 and 34; the double name is not a contradiction to resolve, only an example of how freely Hebrew narrative gave one man a second name. His fifty-two years in Jerusalem are the longest reign any king of Judah held, running alongside Jeroboam the second's long reign in the north, the two kingdoms' widest borders falling in one generation. He is sixteen at his accession, an age the text states without narrating the regency it implies.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
In the book of Chronicles [it is written]: Uzziah "did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his father David, and God made him prosper." "He built" fortresses "and palaces and high towers which were reinforced with iron bolts." "But when …
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
In the twenty-seventh year of Yorovom, etc. Is it possible to say so? Did not Uzziyoh. Azaryoh and Uzziyohu refer to the same person. See below verses 13 and. and Yorovom reign simultaneously, as was explained just before?
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּשְׁנַ֨ת | bishnat | in year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֤ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וָשֶׁ֙בַע֙ | vasheva' | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם | leyaraveam | of Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מָלַ֛ךְ | malakh | he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| עֲזַרְיָ֥ה | ʾazaryah | Azariah | H5838 → | 49 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲמַצְיָ֖ה | ʾamatzyah | Amaziah | H558 → | 40 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
בִּשְׁנַ֨תin year
bishnatH8141 →877 times
עֶשְׂרִ֤יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וָשֶׁ֙בַע֙and seven
vasheva'H7651 →394 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear
shanahH8141 →877 times
לְיָרָבְעָ֖םof Jeroboam
leyaraveamH3379 →104 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מָלַ֛ךְhe became king
malakhH4427 →348 times
עֲזַרְיָ֥הAzariah
ʾazaryahH5838 →49 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
אֲמַצְיָ֖הAmaziah
ʾamatzyahH558 →40 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
it 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 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 3:12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
Reached by 2 separate 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.
- Matthew 1:8–9
Through
2 Kings 14:21Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
it 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.
- 2 Kings 21:24
Through
2 Kings 15:13In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
it 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.
- Job 20:15
About 2 Kings
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 15:3; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.