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2 Kings 15:1–3
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2 Kings 15:1
1IN the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
1¶ In the twenty and seuenth yeere of Ieroboam king of Israel, began Azariah sonne of Amaziah king of Iudah to reigne.
2 Kings 15:2
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.
2Sixteene yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and he reigned two aud fifty yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iecholiah of Ierusalem.
2 Kings 15:3
3And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Kings 15:1
The ordinal number following the sixth; one of seven equal parts.
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A period of twelve months; a stated annual period.
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A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
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To have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
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To rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority; also the period or exercise of such rule.
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2 Kings 15:2
Six and ten; noting the sum of six and ten.
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Periods of twelve months.
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Advanced in age; having existed a long time; former or belonging to an earlier time.
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To have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
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To rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority; also the period or exercise of such rule.
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To reign: to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority.
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The number equal to one and one.
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The number equal to five times ten.
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A female parent; figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
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2 Kings 15:3
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
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The act or power of seeing; something seen; a view, appearance, or presence, according to context.
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LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
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Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
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Open the full verse study1THEN all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
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Open the full verse study3Sixteen 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.
4And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
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Open the full verse study21¶ And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
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Open the full verse study13¶ Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
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Open the full verse study16And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
17¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
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Open the full verse study30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
32¶ In 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.
35¶ Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.
36¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
38And 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.
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Open the full verse study8¶ In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
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Open the full verse study3Sixteen 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.
4And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
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Open the full verse study4And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
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Open the full verse study2And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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Open the full verse study3And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
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