2 Kings 16:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.”
2 Kings 16:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 16:1 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 16:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.”
2 Kings 16:1 — World English Bible
2 Kings 16:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.”
2 Kings 16:1 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 16:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.”
2 Kings 16:1 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 16:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign. ”
2 Kings 16:1 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 16:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The seuenteenth yeere of Pekah the sonne of Remaliah, Ahaz the sonne of Iotham King of Iudah began to reigne.”
2 Kings 16:1 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 16:1 in Context — 2 Kings 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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 the Lord his God, like David his father.
3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
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What Does 2 Kings 16:1 Mean?
2 Kings 16:1 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 16. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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