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2 Kings 16:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.


2 Kings 16:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 16:218 words
HebrewMeaning
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
עֶשְׂרִ֤יםʿeśəriym
scoreadjH6242
twenty
שָׁנָה֙šānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
אָחָ֣זʾāḥāz
AhaznounH271
בְּ/מָלְכ֔/וֹbəmāləkwō
consultpronH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
וְ/שֵׁשׁwəšēš
six(-teenconjH8337
-teenth) · sixth
עֶשְׂרֵ֣הʿeśərēh
(eigh-adjH6240
fif- · four- · nine- · seven- ···
שָׁנָ֔הšānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
מָלַ֖ךְmālakə
consultverbH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbiyrwšālāim
JerusalempronH3389
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עָשָׂ֣הʿāśāh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הַ/יָּשָׁ֗רhayāšār
convenientparticleH3477
equity · Jasher · just · meet ···
בְּ/עֵינֵ֛יbəʿēynēy
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהָ֖י/וʾĕlōhāyw
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כְּ/דָוִ֥דkədāwid
DavidpronH1732
אָבִֽי/וʾābiyw
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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