2 Kings 18:2
Good News Translation
at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

New Revised Standard Version
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi daughter of Zechariah.

Contemporary English Version
Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled 29 years from Jerusalem. His mother Abi was the daughter of Zechariah.

New American Bible
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi, daughter of Zechariah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zacharias.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zacharias.

Twenty and five years old As Ahaz was

20 years old when he began to reign, and died when he had reigned

16 years, his whole age only amounted to

36 years; and as Hezekiah was, at least, entering on his

25th year when he began to reign, then Ahaz must have been under

12 years of age when his son was born! This is not at all impossible: and there are well-attested facts of men having children at as early a period, especially in eastern countries.

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3278-3306 B.C.

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Abi

2 Chronicles 29:1 Now Ezechias began to reign, when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abia, the daughter of Zacharias.

Abijah

Context
Hezekiah Destroys Idolatry in Judah
1In the third year of Osee, the son of Ela, king of Israel, reigned Ezechias, the son of Achaz, king of Juda. 2He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zacharias.3And he did that which was good before the Lord, according to all that David, his father, had done…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 29:1
Now Ezechias began to reign, when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abia, the daughter of Zacharias.

2 Chronicles 29:2
And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

Isaiah 38:5
Go and say to Ezechias: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, and I have seen thy tears: behold I will add to thy days fifteen years:

2 Kings 18:1
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