2 Chronicles 26:1

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“All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.”

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BSBPD

“All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And all the people of Judah take Uzziah (and he <FI>is<Fi> a son of sixteen years), and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 26:1 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 14:1In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
  2. 2 Kings 14:21Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
  3. 2 Kings 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
  4. 1 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
  5. 2 Chronicles 22:1Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
  6. 2 Chronicles 33:25But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
  7. Amos 1:1These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
  8. Matthew 1:8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.

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