2 Kings 8:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 8:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 8:26 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 8:26 — KJV
“Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. daughter: or, granddaughter”
— 2 Kings 8:26 (KJV)
2 Kings 8:26 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 8:26
“Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 8:26: two, years, old
“So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 8:26: years, old, began
“Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. began...: Heb. reigned”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 8:26: twenty, years, old
“Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 8:26: two, twenty, years
“Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 8:26: twenty, years, old
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