2 Kings 15:2

2 He was 16 years old when he became king; he reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah; [she was] from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 15:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:2

Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign
By the consent of the people and princes of Judah, ( 2 Kings 14:21 )

and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem:
exclusive of the eleven or twelve years of his minority, from his father's death:

and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem;
of whom there is no further account any where.

2 Kings 15:2 In-Context

1 In the twenty-seventh year of Israel's King Jeroboam, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.

2 He was 16 years old when he became king; he reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah; [she was] from Jerusalem.

3 Azariah did what was right in the Lord's sight just as his father Amaziah had done.

4 Yet, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

5 The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in a separate house,while Jotham, the king's son, was over the household governing the people of the land.