Hezekiah becomes king

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

729–715 BC

Traditional reckoning

726 BC

How it's dated

the Bible's numbers + Assyrian records

Sole king from 716/715 BC (Thiele). McFall and others add a co-regency with Ahaz from 729 BC, which fits 2 Kings 18:10: Samaria fell in his sixth year.

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Sources: Theographic event 226; Thiele (1983); McFall (1989); 2 Kings 18:10.

Where is it in the Bible?

• 2 Kings 18:1

Who was there, and where?

• Hezekiah

Where: Jerusalem.

Which verses connect to 2 Kings 18:1?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. 2 Chronicles 28:27–29:15 votes

   And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place. Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

2. 1 Chronicles 3:133 votes

   Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

3. Matthew 1:9–103 votes

   Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

4. 2 Kings 16:20–17:12 votes

   And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place. In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.

5. 2 Kings 15:301 vote

   Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

6. 2 Kings 16:21 vote

   Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.