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Read Full Chapter (2 Kings 15) 2 Kings 15:2 KJV
"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 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
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In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.*
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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.
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And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
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Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
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¶ And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.