2 Kings 15:32

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

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
second	שְׁתַּ֔יִם she.Ta.yim	H8147	two · noun, common feminine dual absolute
year	בִּשְׁנַ֣ת bish.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Pekah	לְפֶ֥קַח le.Fe.kach	H6492	Pekach · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Remaliah	רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ re.mal.Ya.hu	H7425	Remaljah · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Jotham	יוֹתָ֥ם yo.Tam	H3147	Jotham · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Uzziah	עֻזִיָּ֖הוּ 'u.zi.Ya.hu	H5818	Uzzijah · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָֽה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
reign	מָלַ֛ךְ ma.Lakh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

2 Kings 15:7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
2 Kings 14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
2 Kings 15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2 Kings 15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
2 Kings 15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria…
2 Kings 15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
2 Kings 15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty ye…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 15:32–end

We have here a short account of the reign of Jotham king of Judah, of whom we are told, 1. That he reigned very well, did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, Kg2 15:34. Josephus gives him a very high character, stating that he was pious towards God, just towards men, and laid out himself for the public good, - that, whatever was amiss, he took care to have it rectified, - and, in short, wanted no virtue that became a good prince. Though the high places were not taken away, yet to draw people from them, and keep them close to God's holy place, he showed great respect to the temple, and built the higher gate which he went through to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they woul…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 15:30

Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy . . . and slew him--He did not, however, obtain possession of the kingdom till about nine or ten years after the perpetration of this crime [HALES]. in the twentieth year of Jotham--Jotham's reign lasted only sixteen years, but the meaning is that the reign of Hoshea began in the twentieth after the beginning of Jotham's reign. The sacred historian, having not yet introduced the name of Ahaz, reckoned the date by Jotham, whom he had already mentioned (see Ch2 27:8).

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 15:30

Hoshea the son of Elah - in the twentieth year of Jotham - There are many difficulties in the chronology of this place. To reconcile the whole, Calmet says: "Hoshea conspired against Pekah, the twentieth year of the reign of this prince, which was the eighteenth after the beginning of the reign of Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the fourth year of Ahaz, and the twentieth of Jotham, Hoshea made himself master of a part of the kingdom, according to Kg2 15:30. Finally, the twelfth year of Ahaz, Hoshea had peaceable possession of the whole kingdom, according to Kg2 17:1."

John Gill on 2 Kings 15:32

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, 2 Kings 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 Church Fathers

"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 of the Annals has shown all the feats illustriously accomplished by him, the Scripture never reproaches him in this passage for any error, except for his toleration of the high places, which was a fault common to all the most praised kings of Judah. In the first place, he strengthened Jerusalem with new fortifications and built towers and castles in desert places. He conquered the Ammonites, who were perpetual enemies of the Jews, and ordered them for the future to pay the kings of Judah an annual tribute.
— Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 15:32

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Dictionary and topics

Ozias — Son of Joram (Matt. 1:8); called also Uzziah (2 Kings 15:32, 34).
Remaliah — Adorned by the Lord, the father of Pekah, who conspired successfully against Pekahiah (2 Kings 15:25, 27, 30, 32, 37; Isa. 7:1, 4, 5, 9; 8:6).
Influence · GOOD — GOOD
Jotham · 2. — 2.
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Jotham — Who reigned over Judah: Jotham

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 15:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 15:32–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 15:30

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 15:30

John Gill on 2 Kings 15:32

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 15:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 15:32–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 15:30

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 15:30

John Gill on 2 Kings 15:32

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 15:32-36

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 15:32-33

Rashi on 2 Kings 15:30