Verse 2. - 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."
and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: exclusive of the eleven or twelve years of his minority, from his father's death:
and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem; of whom there is no further account any where.