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.

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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Hephzibah.

<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.

<p class="bodytext">In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length<n id="1" /> of 52½ feet,<n id="2" /> with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high.<n id="3" />

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

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jotham 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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother was Abijah,<n id="2" /> the daughter of Zechariah.

<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" /> He did evil in the sight of<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> his God.

<p class="poetry">For Syria&#8217;s leader is Damascus,p> <p class="poetry">and the leader of Damascus is Rezin.p> <p class="poetry">Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation.<n id="1" />p>

He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet<n id="1" /> from one entrance to the opposite one.

one beka per person, that is, a half shekel,<n id="1" /> according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older,<n id="2" /> 603,550 in all.<n id="3" />

He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">He also made the large bronze basin called &#8220;The Sea.&#8221;<n id="1" /> It measured 15 feet<n id="2" /> from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet<n id="3" /> high. Its circumference was 45 feet.<n id="4" />

He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put &#8220;The Sea&#8221; on the south side, in the southeast corner.p>

He also made the big bronze basin called &#8220;The Sea.&#8221;<n id="1" /> It measured 15 feet<n id="2" /> from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet<n id="3" /> high. Its circumference was 45 feet.<n id="4" />

Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet<n id="1" /> long, seven and one-half feet<n id="2" /> wide, and four and one-half feet<n id="3" /> high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky,

They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend<n id="1" /> the king against his enemies.

Some of the family leaders<n id="1" /> contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas,<n id="2" /> 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city<n id="1" /> was struck down, on this very day,<n id="2" /> the hand<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> was on me, and he brought me there.<n id="4" />