He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Abi,<n id="3" /> the daughter of Zechariah.

Jehu reigned over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet<n id="1" /> &#8211; twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain.<n id="2" /> Elisha<n id="3" /> said, &#8220;Set it before the people so they may eat.&#8221;

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter<n id="2" /> of King Omri of Israel.

<p class="bodytext">By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash&#8217;s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam&#8217;s reign over Israel, Amaziah&#8217;s son Azariah became king over Judah.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the fifty-second year of King Azariah&#8217;s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria<n id="1" /> for twenty years.

Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him<n id="1" /> and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.p>

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> He did not do what pleased the <sc>Lordsc> his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Hamutal,<n id="3" /> the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah&#8217;s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu&#8217;s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria<n id="1" /> for seventeen years.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh<n id="1" /> day of the twelfth month,<n id="2" /> King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned<n id="3" /> King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him<n id="4" /> from prison.