2 Kings 15:2 - Exposition

Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. These numbers are confirmed by Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 26:1-3 ) and by Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 9.10. § 4), who says that he reigned fifty-two years, and died at the ago of sixty-eight. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 9.10. § 3) calls her "Achiala."