2 Chronicles 26 · Verse 3

2 Chronicles 26:3

Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 26:3, King James Version

2 Chronicles 26:3 in other translations

BSBUzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
WEBUzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
ASVSixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
YLTA son of sixteen years is Uzziah in his reigning, and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
DARBYUzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
BBEUzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother's name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.
WebsterSixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

What does 2 Chronicles 26:3 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26:1-15

As long as Uzziah sought the Lord, and minded religion, God made him to prosper. Those only prosper whom God makes to prosper; for prosperity is his gift. Many have owned, that as long as they sought the Lord, and kept close to their duty, they prospered; but when they forsook God, every thing went cross. God never continues either to bless the indolent or to withhold his blessing from the diligent. He will never…

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2 Chronicles 26:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son ofH1121
שֵׁ֨שׁsheshsix-H8337
עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה'es.RehteenH6240
שָׁנָה֙sha.Nahyear[s]H8141
עֻזִּיָּ֣הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huUzziahH5818
בְמָלְכ֔וֹve.ma.le.Khowhen became king heH4427
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםva.cha.mi.Shimand fiftyH2572
וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙u.she.Ta.yimand twoH8147
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
מָלַ֖ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
וְשֵׁ֣םve.Shemand [the] name ofH8034
אִמּ֔וֹ'i.Momother hisH517
יְכָלְיָ֖הye.khi.le.yah[was] JecholiahH3203
מִן\־min-fromH4480
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 26:3

  • 2 Kings 15:2-3

    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;

  • Amos 1:1

    The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

  • Isaiah 1:1

    The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

  • Isaiah 6:1

    In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

  • Zechariah 14:5

    And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

  • Hosea 1:1

    The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3194-3246. B.C. 810-758. Uzziah.
Isa 1:1; 6:1; Ho 1:1; Am 1:1; Zec 14:5
Jecoliah.
2Ki 15:2,3
Jecholiah.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 26:2

    He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:3

    Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:4

    And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

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2 Chronicles 26:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De diez y seis años era Uzzías cuando comenzó á reinar, y cincuenta y dos años reinó en Jerusalem. El nombre de su madre fué Jechôlía, de Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ozias était âgé de 16 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna 52 ans à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Jecolia, de Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sechzehn Jahre war Ussija alt, als er König wurde, und er regierte 52 Jahre zu Jerusalem; und der Name seiner Mutter war Jekolja, von Jerusalem.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sedecim annorum erat Ozias cum regnare cœpisset, et quinquaginta duobus annis regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Jechelia de Jerusalem.