The Meaning of 2 Kings 16:1 Explained

2 Kings 16:1

KJV: In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

YLT: In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.

Darby: In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.

ASV: In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Kings 16:1?

MEANING: What does 2 Kings 16:1 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Kings 16:1 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 2 Kings 16:1?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In the seventeenth  year  of Pekah  the son  of Remaliah  Ahaz  the son  of Jotham  king  of Judah  began to reign. 

What does 2 Kings 16:1 Mean?

Context Summary

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Ahaz was one of the most wicked kings of Judah. He not only passed his children through the lines of fire, but seems to have burned some of them, 2 Chronicles 28:3. He filled Judah with the abominations of the heathen. The hills and woodlands of the Holy Land were contaminated by all the excesses of nature-worship. When therefore Syria and Israel confederated against him, Ahaz naturally turned to creature-aid. In spite of the remonstrances of Isaiah, he offered a bribe to the king of Assyria to do what God Almighty would have done, under happier conditions. This was the first step toward the utter undoing of Judah.
The first ten or twelve chapters of Isaiah cast a flood of light on the inner politics of this dark epoch. They give a glimpse also of Isaiah's profound emotions at the evils that threatened his fatherland. No servant of God can view the present state of civilization without grave concern, and we are bound to resist, so far as we can, the influences which are engaged in the work of moral disintegration. We are citizens of heaven, but also of earth, and must render to Caesar such things as naturally belong to him. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 16

1  Ahaz's wicked reign
5  Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hires Tiglath-Pileser against them
10  Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Urijah,
12  diverts the bronze altar to his own devotions,
17  He raids the temple
19  Hezekiah succeeds him

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 16:1 mean?

In the year seven [and] ten year of Pekah son of Remaliah began to reign Ahaz of Jotham king of Judah
בִּשְׁנַת֙ שְׁבַֽע־ עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְפֶ֖קַח בֶּן־ רְמַלְיָ֑הוּ מָלַ֛ךְ אָחָ֥ז יוֹתָ֖ם מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה

בִּשְׁנַת֙  In  the  year 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
שְׁבַֽע־  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
שָׁנָ֔ה  year 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
לְפֶ֖קַח  of  Pekah 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּקַח  
Sense: son of Remaliah, originally a captain of king Pekahiah of Israel, murdered Pekahiah, usurped the throne and became the 8th king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
רְמַלְיָ֑הוּ  of  Remaliah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְמַלְיָהוּ  
Sense: father of king Pekah of the northern kingdom of Israel.
מָלַ֛ךְ  began  to  reign 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
אָחָ֥ז  Ahaz 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָחָז  
Sense: king of Judah, son Jotham, father of Hezekiah.
יוֹתָ֖ם  of  Jotham 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄותָם  
Sense: son of king Uzziah of Judah by Jerushah; king of Judah for 6 years and contemporary with Isaiah and king Pekah of Israel.
מֶ֥לֶךְ  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יְהוּדָֽה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.

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