Study it in the app“In year thirty-eight of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned six months.”
In yearבִּשְׁנַתthirty-eightשְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָהof Azariahלַעֲזַרְיָהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהZechariahזְכַרְיָהוּsonבֶןof Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםbecame kingמָלַךְover Israelעַל יִשְׂרָאֵלin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןand reignedsixשִׁשָּׁהmonths.חֳדָשִׁים
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearseight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemone” appearsAzariah
Azariah: the name of many men in the Bible: priests and officials in the time of Solomon (1 Kings 4:2, 5), a king of Judah also called Uzziah (2 Kings 15), one of Daniel's companions (Daniel 1:6), and others. The name means "YHWH has helped."
Where else “azaryahu” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” 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” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsJeroboam
Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).
Where else “yaravam” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearssix
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shisha” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodashim” appearsSamaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
7Azariah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
8 · This verse (above)
9He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, as his fathers had done; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin.
