Matthew Henry · Verses 32–38
Jotham showed great respect to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, for the suppressing of vice and profaneness, let them do the more to support and advance piety and virtue.
2 Kings 15:32
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began 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.
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.
ASV
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
BBE
In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham, the son of Uzziah, became king of Judah.
Original Hebrew
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בִּשְׁנַת
bish·nat
in year
H8141
שְׁתַּיִם
she·ta·yim
two
H8147
לְפֶקַח
le·fe·kach
of Pekah
H6492
בֶּן־
ben-
[the] son of
H1121
רְמַלְיָהוּ
re·mal·ya·hu
Remaliah
H7425
מֶלֶךְ
me·lekh
[the] king of
H4428
יִשְׂרָאֵל
yis·ra·'el
Israel
H3478
מָלַךְ
ma·lakh
he became king
H4427
יוֹתָם
yo·tam
Jotham
H3147
בֶּן־
ben-
[the] son of
H1121
עֻזִיָּהוּ
'u·zi·ya·hu
Uzziah
H5818
מֶלֶךְ
me·lekh
[the] king of
H4428
יְהוּדָה
ye·hu·dah
Judah
H3063
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