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2 Chronicles 29:1 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 29 · verse 1
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.2 Chronicles 29:1 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 29:1 in context
1Hezekiah 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.
2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
3He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- HezekiahYᵉchizqîyâhJechizkijah, the name of five IsraelitesH3169 →
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- twentyʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- reignmâlakto reignH4427 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
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Here is, I. Hezekiah's age when he came to the crown. He was twenty-five years old. Joash, who came to the crown after two bad reigns, was but seven years old; Josiah, who came after two bad reigns, was but eight, which occasioned the delay of the reformation;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11