2-Kings - 15:33



33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 15:33.

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Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jerusa, the daughter of Sadoc.
A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Jerusha daughter of Zadok,
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
He was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

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Historical Commentaries

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Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign,.... Alone, after the death of his father:
and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his reign, upon the whole, was a good reign:
and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok; a person well known in those times; Dr. Lightfoot (h) thinks he was high priest.
(h) Works, vol. 1. p. 100.

JOTHAM'S REIGN OVER JUDAH. (2-Kings 15:32-38)
Five and twenty years was he when he began to reign--that is, alone--for he had ruled as his father's viceroy [2-Kings 15:5].

To reign - Alone: for he had reigned before this, as his father's deputy.

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