2 Kings 15:33 - Exposition

Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem — i.e. sixteen years from his appointment to be regent, as appears plainly from 2 Chronicles 26:23 and 2 Chronicles 27:1 (comp. Josephus, 'Ant. Jud.,' 9.10. § 4; 12. § 1)— and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. So the author of Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 27:1 ); Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 9.11. § 2) calls his mother "Jerasa."