the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

the seventeenth to Joshbekashah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,

In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham’s son Ahaz became king over Judah.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. ¹ 

In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. ¹  He ruled for two years over Israel.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month – on that day all the fountains of the great deep ¹  burst open and the floodgates of the heavens ²  were opened.