2 Kings 16:1: The Study, Journaling, Prayer, and Thinking Through of the Verse

2 Kings 16:1 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Judah’s King Ahaz
16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah,(A) Ahaz(B) son of Jotham became king of Judah.
Cross references:
16:1-4 : 2 Ch 28:1-4
16:1 : Is 1:1; 7:1

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My Questions: Who are Pekah, Remaliah, Ahaz, and Jotham? When was the seventeenth year of Pekah’s reign? Why were all these people listed and not just Ahaz? Where did this take place? Why did Ahaz take the throne or why did he become king? We're all the people listed kings? Why are all these people listed in the Bible? What can be learned from these individuals? 

2 Kings 16:1 Expanded Bible (EXB)
Ahaz King of Judah(A)
16 Ahaz was the son of Jotham king of Judah. Ahaz became king of Judah in the seventeenth year Pekah son of Remaliah was king of Israel.

Cross references:

2 Kings 16:1: 16:1–20; 2 Chr. 28:1–7, 16–27

Expanded Bible (EXB). The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved.

2 Kings 16:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
Ahaz Rules in Judah
16 Ahaz son of Jotham began to rule over Judah in the seventeenth year of King Pekah’s reign in Israel.
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2 Kings 16:1 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Ahaz Reigns over Judah
16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, (A)Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.
Cross references:
2 Kings 16:1 : 2 Chr 28:1
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2 Kings 16:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Ahaz Reigns in Judah
16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.
New King James Version (NKJV). Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Each version or translation of the Bible brings new insight to the Word of God. Therefore, it is important to read several versions and see how much more I can learn.

It is also important to do the same with the cross-references.  

Here is one:

2 Chronicles 28:1-4 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Judah’s King Ahaz

28:1 Ahaz was 20 years old(A) when he became king and reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the Lord’s sight(B) like his ancestor David, 2 for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel(C) and made cast images of the Baals.(D) 3 He burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom(E) and burned his children in[a](F)the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(G) 4 He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places,(H) on the hills, and under every green tree.

Footnotes:

- 2 Chronicles 28:3 LXX, Syr, Tg read and passed his children through

Cross references:
- 28:1-6 : 2Kg 16:2-4
- 28:1 : 2 Ch 27:2
- 28:2 : 2 Ch 22:3
- 28:2 : Ex 34:17
- 28:3 : Jos 15:8; 18:16; 2 Kg 23:10; Jr 7:29-34; 19:2-6
- 28:3 : Lv 18:21; 2 Kg 16:3; 2Ch 33:6
- 28:3 : 2 Ch 33:2

- 28:4 : 2 Ch 28:25

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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What more do I learn about 2 Kings 16:1 based off of this passage and cross-reference?

I definitely learn more about Ahaz. 

Ahaz tool the throne when he was about twenty years old and reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 

He did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord. 

To be continued...

(Written on September 13, 2016, Tuesday, 1223 p.m.)