2 Kings 16:2

2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the eyes of Yahweh his God as David his ancestor.

2 Kings 16:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 16:2

Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem
The same number of years his father did:

and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord God, like
David his father;
his more remote progenitor, nor even like his more immediate father, from whom he received such good instructions, and of whom he had so good an example; but grace is neither propagated by blood, nor obtained through the force of education.

2 Kings 16:2 In-Context

1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the eyes of Yahweh his God as David his ancestor.

3 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel; he even let his son pass through the fire according to the detestable things of the nations which Yahweh drove out from before the {Israelites}.

4 He sacrificed and offered incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 Then Rezin the king of Aram went up [with] Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel against Jerusalem for battle, and they besieged Ahaz but were not able to {defeat} him.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "father"