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2Ki_18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
Ver. 2. Twenty and five years old was he, &c.] And therefore born in the eleventh year of his father Ahaz - who was twenty years old when he began, and reigned sixteen years. {2Ki_16:2} A thing not impossible: Rehoboam was begotten by Solomon about the same age, as some do gather from 1Ki_14:21.
His mother’s name also was Abi.] A woman famous in those times, saith Vatablus, for her goodness. Her son Hezekiah was no sooner in the throne but he began to reform, so well she had principled him.
The daughter of Zachariah.] The king of Israel mentioned in 2Ki_14:29, say some; or more probably, of that Zachariah, the seer. {2Ch_26:5}