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Jotham son of Uzziah began to rule over Judah in the second year of King Pekah’s reign in Israel.
2 Kings 15:32 · New Living Translation
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  • WEB In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.
  • KJV In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
  • BSB In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
  • NKJV In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
  • NASB In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king.

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Quick answer

Jotham becomes king of Judah, dated by Pekah's reign in the north. The narrative shifts to the southern kingdom and David's line.

Overview

Amid Israel's turmoil, the account turns to Judah, where Jotham son of Uzziah begins to reign. The careful cross-dating of the two kingdoms underscores that both stand under the same God and the same covenant. Judah's Davidic succession quietly continues the line that will lead to the Messiah.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 10

  • 2 Kgs 15:7Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in David’s city: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
  • 1 Chr 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
  • 2 Kgs 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
  • 2 Kgs 15:23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria for two years.
  • 2 Kgs 15:27In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria for twenty years.
  • 2 Chr 27:1–9Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
  • Matt 1:9Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
  • 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 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 15:17In the thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria.

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Christ at the center

Amid the long decline toward exile, the promise to David's house refuses to die; the flickering lamp kept burning anticipates the coming King who will not fail or be cut off.

How 2 Kings 15:32 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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