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2 Kings 15:32

in 2 Kings 15

In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

KJV

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

This verse in 2 Kings 15

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 15:32 · Written before 373.

"In the second year of King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel, King Jotham son of Uzziah of Judah began to reign." After rising to power in that year, Jotham administered the government [of Judah] for sixteen years, earning great praise. While the second book …

This site's exposition

began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign

on 2 Kings 15:32-33

Jotham has already governed as regent since his father's leprosy at verse 5, so his formal accession here only records in writing what has been true for years. He is twenty-five at his accession, and his mother is named, Jerusha the daughter of Zadok, the only queen mother in this chapter's run of kings given a father's name rather than only a city. Judah's throne passes father to son across five verses of this chapter while Israel's throne changes hands five times by murder in the same thirty-eight.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The history of many of the kings of Israel that reigned at the same time is given us in short, five in succession, all of whom, except one, went down slain to the pit, and their murders were their successors. Zachariah, the last of the house of Jehu, reigned six months, and then was slain and succeeded by Shallum,
In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah king of Israel, began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. Pekah began to reign in the fifty second year of Azariah, or Uzziah, which was his last year, 2Ki 15:27, and which was the first of Pekah; Uzziah reigned full fifty two, and then Jotham succeeded, which was the beginning of the second of Pekah.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The writer here resumes the history of Judah from 2Ki 15:7, to resume and conclude the history of Israel in 2 Kings 17.

The words behind it

13 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.

  • בִּשְׁנַ֣תin year

    bishnatH8141877 times

  • שְׁתַּ֔יִםtwo

    shetayimH8147768 times

  • לְפֶ֥קַחof Pekah

    lefekachH649211 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • רְמַלְיָ֖הוּRemaliah

    remalyahuH742513 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • מָלַ֛ךְhe became king

    malakhH4427348 times

  • יוֹתָ֥םJotham

    yotamH314724 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • עֻזִיָּ֖הוּUzziah

    ʾuziyahuH581827 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah

    yehudahH3063819 times

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

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

    1 Chronicles 3:12

    Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 14:21

      Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

    • 2 Kings 14:1

      In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

    • 2 Kings 15:30

      Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

    • 2 Chronicles 25:1

      Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

  • Through

    2 Kings 15:27

    In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 7:4

      and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of…

    • Isaiah 7:1

      Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son…

    • 2 Kings 15:23

      In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.

  • Through

    2 Kings 15:7

    And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 26:23

      And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned…

About 2 Kings

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 15:32; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.