World English Bible
2 Kings 15:2
“Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 15
1
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
3
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
4
However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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