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2 Kings 15:23

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¶ In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
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  1. 1 Kings 15:25Rank 1 from verse 23
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    25¶ And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

  2. 1 Kings 16:8Rank 2 from verse 23
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    8¶ In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

  3. 1 Kings 22:51Rank 3 from verse 23
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    51¶ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

  4. 2 Kings 21:19Rank 4 from verse 23
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    19¶ Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

  5. Job 20:5Rank 5 from verse 23
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    5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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2 Kings 15:23

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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began

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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).

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reign

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Sense 1: To exercise kingly rule, dominion, governing power, or controlling power. Sense 2: Royal rule or dominion, or the period during which a ruler governs.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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reigned

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Past-tense or past-participial form of reign (to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority).

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22And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

23¶ In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

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24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

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