161 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
161 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
161 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.
161 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
161 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.
161 Ahaz son of Jotham began to rule over Judah in the seventeenth year of King Pekah's reign in Israel.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 16:1
Commentary on 2 Kings 16:1-9
(Read 2 Kings 16:1-9)
Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them, will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin was its own punishment. It is common for those who bring themselves into straits by one sin, to try to help themselves out by another.