2 Kings 18:1

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
third	שָׁלֹ֔שׁ sha.Losh	H7969	three · noun, common both genders singular absolute
year	בִּשְׁנַ֣ת bish.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Hoshea	לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ le.ho.She.a'	H1954	Hoshea · 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
Elah	אֵלָ֖ה 'e.Lah	H425	Elah · 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
Hezekiah	חִזְקִיָּ֥ה chiz.ki.Yah	H2396	Chizkijah · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ahaz	אָחָ֖ז 'a.Chaz	H271	Achaz · 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 Chronicles 28:27-29:1 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kin…
1 Chronicles 3:13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
Matthew 1:9-10 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
2 Kings 16:20-17:1 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in th…
2 Kings 16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of t…
2 Kings 18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser k…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 18:1-8

We have here a general account of the reign of Hezekiah. It appears, by comparing his age with his father's, that he was born when his father was about eleven or twelve years old, divine Providence so ordering that he might be of full age, and fit for business, when the measure of his father's iniquity should be full. Here is, I. His great piety, which was the more wonderful because his father was very wicked and vile, one of the worst of the kings, yet he was one of the best, which may intimate to us that what good there is in any is not of nature, but of grace, free grace, sovereign grace, which, contrary to nature, grafts into the good olive that which was wild by nature (Rom 11:24), and…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 18:1

Now - in the third year of Hoshea - See the note on Kg2 16:1 (note), where this chronology is considered.

John Gill on 2 Kings 18:1

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,.... That is, in the third year of his rebelling against the king of Assyria, when he shook off his yoke, and refused to be tributary to him any longer, see 2 Kings 17:1, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign; having finished the account of the kingdom of Israel, and the captivity of the people, the historian returns to the kingdom of Judah, and the things of it.

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 18:1-8

Kg2 18:1-2 Length and character of Hezekiah's reign. (Note: On comparing the account of Hezekiah's reign given in our books (2 Kings 18-20) with that in 2 Chron 29-32, the different plans of these two historical works are at once apparent. The prophetic author of our books first of all describes quite briefly the character of the king's reign (Kg2 18:1-8), and then gives an elaborate description of the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib and of his attempt to get Jerusalem into his power, together with the destruction of the proud Assyrian force and Sennacherib's hasty return to Nineveh and death (Kg2 18:13-19, Kg2 18:37); and finally, he also gives a circumstantial account of Hezekiah's illnes…

Dictionary and topics

Hezekiah — Whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this…
Hezekiah · 1. King of — 1. King of
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Hezekiah — Who reigned over Judah: Hezekiah
Revivals · .Hezekiah — .Hezekiah

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 18:1

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Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 18:1-8

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 18:1

John Gill on 2 Kings 18:1

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2 Kings 18:1

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 18:1-8

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 18:1

John Gill on 2 Kings 18:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 18:1-8

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 18:1-12

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