2 Chronicles 29:1

Hezekiah Reigns in Judah

1 ¹Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah^[a] the daughter of ²Zechariah.

2 Chronicles 29:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1,2. Hezekiah began to reign
Of these two verses,2 Chronicles 29:2

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 29:1)

2 Chronicles 29:1 In-Context

1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.

4 He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east

5 and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place.

Cross References

• 1. 29:1 For ver. 1, 2, see 2 Kgs. 18:1-3
• 2. 29:1 [ch. 26:5]

Footnotes

• [a] 29:1 Spelled 'Abi' in 2 Kings 18:2