2-Chronicles 27:8 - He was five and twenty years old

2-Chronicles - 27:8

8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

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A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years.

He was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

He was twenty five years old,.... The same is repeated here as in 2-Chronicles 27:1.

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