2 Kings 14:2

14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 1  His mother 2  was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 15:2

15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. 3  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 16:2

16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 4  He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David. 5 

2 Kings 18:2

18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 6  His mother 7  was Abi, 8  the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Kings 21:19

Amon’s Reign over Judah

21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. 9  His mother 10  was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.

2 Kings 23:36

Jehoiakim’s Reign over Judah

23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 11  His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

2 Kings 24:18

Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah

24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. 12  His mother 13  was Hamutal, 14  the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

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2 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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5 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.”

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7 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

8 tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”

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10 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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13 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

14 tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”