Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign— In chap. Exodus 16:2 it is recorded, that Ahaz was but twenty years old when he began to reign, and that he reigned sixteen years before he died, so that he lived in the whole six and thirty years. Now his son Hezekiah is said to be five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and consequently he must have been born when his father exceeded not twelve years of age. Houbigant observes, that in the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 28:1 the Syriac, Arabic, and LXX read, Ahaz was twenty-five years old when he began to reign.
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2 Kings 18:2
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,b the daughter of Zachariah.