2 Chronicles 29:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ מָלַ֗ךְ בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְחָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ אֲבִיָּ֖ה בַּת־זְכַרְיָֽהוּ

Transliteration

Yəḥizqiyyāhū mālak ben-ʿeśrîm wə-ḥāmēš šānāh wə-ʿeśrîm wā-tēšaʿ šānāh mālak in-Yərūšālāim and-šēm ʾimmô ʾĂbiyyāh bat-Zəkaryāhū

Grammar Details

*Yəḥizqiyyāhū*: proper name, masculine singular - Hezekiah
*mālak*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*ʿeśrîm*: number, plural - twenty
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ḥāmēš*: number, feminine singular - five
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
*wā*: conjunction with definite article - and the
*tēšaʿ*: number, feminine singular - nine
*Yərūšālāim*: proper noun, location - Jerusalem
*šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
*ʾimmô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
*ʾĂbiyyāh*: proper name, feminine singular - Abijah
*bat*: noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
*Zəkaryāhū*: proper name, masculine singular - Zechariah

Word Meanings

*mālak*: reigned/became king/ruled
*ben*: son of/at the age of
*šānāh*: year/years (age)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 18:1-3 : 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. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
1 Chr 3:13 : 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
2 Chr 26:5 : 5 And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper.
Isa 1:1 : 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.
Isa 8:2 : 2 and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Hos 1:1 : 1 The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Mic 1:1 : 1 The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Matt 1:9-9 : 9 and Uzziah begat Jotham; and Jotham begat Ahaz; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah; 10 and Hezekiah begat Manasseh; and Manasseh begat Amon; and Amon begat Josiah;

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1Now 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.
2Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
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