Study it in the app“Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.”
Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהוּbecame kingמָלַךְwhen he was twenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁyears old,בֶּן שָׁנָהandוְhe reignedמָלַךְtwenty-nineעֶשְׂרִים וָתֵשַׁעyearsשָׁנָהin Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָםThe nameוְשֵׁםof his motherאִמּוֹwas Abijahאֲבִיָּהdaughterבַּתof Zechariah.זְכַרְיָהוּ
Hezekiah
Hezekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is my strength" or "YHWH strengthens." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:20; 18-20; Isaiah 36-39); other men also bear it (Zephaniah 1:1; Nehemiah 7:21).
Where else “yechizkiyahu” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appearsyears old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appearsage
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appearsnine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tesha” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appearsAbijah
Abijah: the name of several people; among them Samuel's second son (1 Samuel 8:2), a son of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:1) and a king of Judah (2 Chronicles 13:1). It means "my father is YHWH."
Where else “aviya” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsZechariah
Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “zecharyahu” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Hezekiah begins to reign
An account told more fully or more briefly in one of the books.
2 Chronicles 29:1-2
1Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. 2He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that David his father had done.
1And it happened in year three of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, became king. 2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abi daughter of Zechariah. 3He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that David his father had done. 4He removed the high places, broke the standing stones, and cut down the Asherah; and he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan. 5In YHWH the Elohim of Israel he trusted; and after him there was not one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him. 6He clung to YHWH; he did not turn away from following him, but kept his commandments that YHWH commanded Moses. 7YHWH was with him; wherever he went out, he acted wisely. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. 8He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territories, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
1 · This verse (above)
2He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that David his father had done.
