2 Kings 15:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.”

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BSBPD

“He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“a son of sixteen years was he in his reigning, and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Jecholiah of Jerusalem,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Other passages that echo 2 Kings 15:2 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 26:3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

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