King James Version
2 Kings 15:2 in the King James Version says “Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name ...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.”
2 Kings 15:2 · KJV
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“old”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“Sixteen”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“And his mother's”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
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