2 Kings 16:1
New International Version
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

New Living Translation
Ahaz son of Jotham began to rule over Judah in the seventeenth year of King Pekah’s reign in Israel.

English Standard Version
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.

Berean Standard Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

King James Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

New King James Version
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.

New American Standard Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

NASB 1995
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

NASB 1977
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

Legacy Standard Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

Amplified Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

Christian Standard Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

American Standard Version
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In the eighteenth year of Piqakh, son of Rumalia, King of Israel, Akhaz, son of Yotham, King of Yehuda, became king.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign.

Contemporary English Version
Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah in the seventeenth year of Pekah's rule in Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the seventeenth year of Phacee the son of Romelia reigned Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda.

English Revised Version
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Pekah, son of Remaliah, was in his seventeenth year as king of Israel when King Ahaz, son of Jotham, began to rule as king of Judah.

Good News Translation
In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah as king of Israel, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah

International Standard Version
During the seventeenth year of the reign of Remaliah's son Pekah, Jotham's son Ahaz became king of Judah.

JPS Tanakh 1917
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

Literal Standard Version
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham, king of Judah, has reigned.

Majority Standard Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

New American Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah, son of Remaliah, Ahaz, son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

NET Bible
In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham's son Ahaz became king over Judah.

New Revised Standard Version
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, King Ahaz son of Jotham of Judah began to reign.

New Heart English Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

Webster's Bible Translation
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

World English Bible
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

Young's Literal Translation
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Ahaz Reigns in Judah
1In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah. 2Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.…

Cross References
2 Kings 15:38
And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 28:1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

Isaiah 1:1
This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 7:1
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

Hosea 1:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

Micah 1:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah--what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:


Treasury of Scripture

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

seventeenth

2 Kings 15:27-30,32,33
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 years…

Ahaz

2 Kings 15:38
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 28:1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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2 Kings 16
1. Ahaz's wicked reign
5. Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hires Tiglath-Pileser against them
10. Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Urijah,
12. diverts the bronze altar to his own devotions,
17. He raids the temple
19. Hezekiah succeeds him














Verse 1. - In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham King of Judah began to reign. (For the chronological difficulties connected with this statement, see the comment on 2 Kings 15:27.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In the seventeenth
שְׁבַֽע־ (šə·ḇa‘-)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

year
בִּשְׁנַת֙ (biš·naṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8141: A year

[of the reign] of Pekah
לְפֶ֖קַח (lə·p̄e·qaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6492: Pekah -- 'opening', a king of Israel

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Remaliah,
רְמַלְיָ֑הוּ (rə·mal·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7425: Remaliah -- father of King Pekah of Israel

Ahaz
אָחָ֥ז (’ā·ḥāz)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 271: Ahaz -- 'he has grasped', two Israelites

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Jotham
יוֹתָ֖ם (yō·w·ṯām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3147: Jotham -- 'the LORD is perfect', three Israelites

became king
מָלַ֛ךְ (mā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

of Judah.
יְהוּדָֽה׃ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


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