2 Kings 18:1
Hezekiah King of Judah
1
In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
Read 2 Kings 18:1 Using Other Translations
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule over Judah in the third year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel.
What does 2 Kings 18:1 mean?
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2 Kings 18:1
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of
Elah
king of Israel
That is, in the third year of his rebelling against the king of
Assyria, when he shook off his yoke, and refused to be tributary
to him any longer, see ( 2 Kings 17:1
) ,
[that] Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to
reign;
having finished the account of the kingdom of Israel, and the
captivity of the people, the historian returns to the kingdom of
Judah, and the things of it.
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