2 Kings 15:2
in 2 Kings 15He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
KJV
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
⋯
This verse in 2 Kings 15
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on 2 Kings 15:1-7
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.
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.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שֵׁ֨שׁ | shesh | six- | H8337 → | 216 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָה֙ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הָיָ֣ה | hayah | he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְמָלְכ֔וֹ | vemalekho | when became king he | H4427 → | 348 times |
| וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים | vachamishim | and fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ | ushetayim | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| מָלַ֖ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְשֵׁ֣ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אִמּ֔וֹ | ʾimo | mother his | H517 → | 220 times |
| יְכָלְיָ֖הוּ | yekhalyahu | [was] Jecholiah | H3203 → | |
| מִירוּשָׂלִָֽם׃ | mirushalim | from Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
בֶּן־a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שֵׁ֨שׁsix-
sheshH8337 →216 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֤הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָה֙year[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
הָיָ֣הhe was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
בְמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he
vemalekhoH4427 →348 times
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםand fifty
vachamishimH2572 →163 times
וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙and two
ushetayimH8147 →768 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
יְכָלְיָ֖הוּ[was] Jecholiah
yekhalyahuH3203 →
מִירוּשָׂלִָֽם׃from Jerusalem
mirushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Keil, The Books of the Kings.