2 Kings 8:26

8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.

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. His mother 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. 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. He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.

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. His mother was Abi, 10  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. 11  His mother 12  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. 13  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. 14  His mother 15  was Hamutal, 16  the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.


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tn Hebrew בַּת (bat), “daughter,” can refer, as here to a granddaughter. See HALOT 166 s.v. בַּת.

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tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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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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tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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

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12 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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15 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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