2 Kings 18:1-3

Hezekiah Becomes King of Judah

18:1 In the third year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea son of Elah, Ahaz’s son Hezekiah became king over Judah. 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, the daughter of Zechariah. 18:3 He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done.


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tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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

tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which David his father had done.”