2-Kings - 15:2



2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 15:2.

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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.
He was sixteen years old, when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jechelia of Jerusalem.
a son of sixteen years was he in his reigning, and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Jecholiah of Jerusalem,
He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
He was sixteen years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

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Historical Commentaries

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Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign,.... By the consent of the people and princes of Judah, 2-Kings 14:21.
and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: exclusive of the eleven or twelve years of his minority, from his father's death:
and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem; of whom there is no further account any where.

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