2 Kings 16:1
in 2 Kings 16In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
KJV
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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This verse in 2 Kings 16
Commentary
3 notes on this verseIn the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. Jotham began to reign in the second of Pekah, and he reigned sixteen years, and therefore his last year would fall in the eighteenth of Pekah; but as his first year might be at the beginning of the second of Pekah, his last was towards the end of the seventeenth of Pekah's, as here; see 2Ki 15:32.
This site's exposition
In the seventeenth year of Pekah
on 2 Kings 16:1-2
The formula that has measured every king of Judah since the split returns here in its bluntest form yet: Ahaz did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father. He is twenty at his accession and reigns sixteen years, a short reign Kings will call evil rather than merely brief. Earlier kings of Judah are commended with some reservation; no such word softens Ahaz anywhere in this chapter.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Ahaz . . . did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord--[See on 2Ch 28:1.] The character of this king's reign, the voluptuousness and religious degeneracy of all classes of the people, are graphically portrayed in the writings of Isaiah, who prophesied at that period.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּשְׁנַת֙ | bishnat | in year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שְׁבַֽע־ | sheva'- | seven- | H7651 → | 394 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| לְפֶ֖קַח | lefekach | of Pekah | H6492 → | 11 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְמַלְיָ֑הוּ | remalyahu | Remaliah | H7425 → | 13 times |
| מָלַ֛ךְ | malakh | he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אָחָ֥ז | ʾachaz | Ahaz | H271 → | 42 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יוֹתָ֖ם | yotam | Jotham | H3147 → | 24 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
בִּשְׁנַת֙in year
bishnatH8141 →877 times
שְׁבַֽע־seven-
sheva'-H7651 →394 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֣הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear
shanahH8141 →877 times
לְפֶ֖קַחof Pekah
lefekachH6492 →11 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
רְמַלְיָ֑הוּRemaliah
remalyahuH7425 →13 times
מָלַ֛ךְhe became king
malakhH4427 →348 times
אָחָ֥זAhaz
ʾachazH271 →42 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יוֹתָ֖םJotham
yotamH3147 →24 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
Micah 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:
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 26:18
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a…
- Hosea 1:1
This 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…
- Isaiah 1:1
Through
Hosea 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…
it leads to
- Romans 9:25
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- Amos 1:1
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Micah 1:1
This 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:
- Romans 9:25
Through
Isaiah 7:1Now 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…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 15:37
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
- 2 Kings 15:37
Through
Isaiah 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.
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.
- 2 Chronicles 26:1
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.