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2 Chronicles 29:1

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Chronicles 29:1

Verse 1 of 36

Scripture focus

Hezekiah began to reign [when he was] five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Chronicles 29:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:1

Theological / Devotional

Hezekiah. The account of Hezekiah’s reign covers four chapters, 29-32. The contrast with the parallel account in 2 Kings 18-20 is striking. In Chronicles the main emphasis is upon Hezekiah’s religious reformation, to which three chapters (29-31) are devoted, while in Kings this topic is dealt with in a few verses (2 Kings 18:4-6). Only one chapter in Chronicles (2 Chron. 32) is devoted to a record of the civil affairs of the reign, while in Kings this is the subject of greatest emphasis (2 Kings 18:7 to 20:21). Thus 2 Chron. 29-31 is almost entirely new material, while ch. 32 is only a brief resume of what constitutes practically the entire account of the reign in Kings.

Abijah. The shortened form “Abi” appears in 2 Kings 18:2.

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