2 Kings 15:32

Jotham over Judah

32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king.

2 Kings 15:32 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:32

In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah king of
Israel, began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
] Pekah began to reign in the fifty second year of Azariah, or Uzziah, which was his last year, ( 2 Kings 15:27 ) , and which was the first of Pekah; Uzziah reigned full fifty two, and then Jotham succeeded, which was the beginning of the second of Pekah.

2 Kings 15:32 In-Context

30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

31 Now the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king.

33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

34 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD ; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. Azariah