In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king.
Parallel translations
- WEB In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
- KJV In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
- BSB In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
- NASB In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king.
- NLT Uzziah son of Amaziah began to rule over Judah in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel.
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Azariah (Uzziah) son of Amaziah became king of Judah in the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel.
Overview
This synchronism opens the formal account of Azariah's long reign, also known as Uzziah. He ruled during the same prosperous era as Jeroboam II in the north. His reign, like Judah's history generally, mingles genuine faithfulness with persistent compromise, pointing forward to the need for a flawless King.
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Cross-references · 7
- 2 Chr 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kgs 15:13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for a month in Samaria.
- 2 Kgs 14:21All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chr 26:3–4Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kgs 15:30–38Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- 2 Kgs 15:8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
- 2 Kgs 14:16–17Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
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