2 Chronicles 26:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־שֵׁ֨שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ עֻזִיָ֣הוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְכָלְיָ֖ה מִן־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

Son-six ten šānāh 'uzziyyāhû in-mālkô and-fifty and-two šānāh mālak in-yərûšālāim and-name 'immô yəkālyāh from-yərûšālāim

Grammar Details

*šānāh*: feminine singular noun - year
*'uzziyyāhû*: proper name - Uzziah
*mālkô*: Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his reigning/becoming king
*mālak*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*yərûšālāim*: proper name - Jerusalem
*'immô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
*yəkālyāh*: proper name - Jecoliah

Word Meanings

*mālkô*: his reigning/his becoming king/when he began to reign
*mālak*: he reigned/ruled/was king

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 15:2-3 : 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
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 6:1 : 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Hos 1:1 : 1 The word of the LORD 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.
Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Zech 14:5 : 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

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2 Kgs 15:1-3
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1In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
2 Kgs 15:32-34
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32In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
2 Kgs 14:1-2
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1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
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2 Chr 27:1-2
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1Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
2 Chr 26:1-2
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1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Chr 25:1
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1Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 Chr 27:8
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8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
2 Chr 22:1-2
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1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
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2 Kgs 8:25-26
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25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
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2 Kgs 18:2
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2 Chr 26:4
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4And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
1 Kgs 22:42
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Jer 52:1
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2 Chr 24:1
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2 Kgs 22:1
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2 Kgs 12:1
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2 Chr 29:1
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2 Kgs 16:1-2
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2 Kgs 23:36
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2 Kgs 14:21
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2 Chr 26:21-23
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2 Chr 20:31
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2 Kgs 24:18
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2 Chr 28:1
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2 Kgs 21:1
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2 Kgs 15:13
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2 Kgs 8:17
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2 Kgs 23:31
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2 Kgs 13:10
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