28 occurrences

'Old' in the Bible

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon [as advisers] while he was alive, asking, “What advice do you give me in answer to these people?”

But the king rejected the advice which the elders gave him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him [as advisers].

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceThe Elderly

The king answered them harshly, for King Rehoboam rejected the counsel of the elders.

So King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city in which the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His Name. And his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofJerusalem, Significance Of15 To 20 Years

and that whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodSmallnessDeath Penalty For Heresy

Now Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of20 To 30 YearsAge When Crowned

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed with no one’s regret (sorrow). They buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Verse ConceptsRegretTombsAbsence Of Regret

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenOne YearForeigners Subdued

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfThe Number FortyHelpful Children40 To 50 Years

Now when Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, he died. He was a hundred and thirty years old at his death.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attainment Of

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

Verse Concepts20 To 30 YearsAge When Crowned

Amaziah assembled [the men of] Judah and appointed them in accordance with their fathers’ (ancestors’) households under commanders of thousands and of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin. He numbered them from twenty years old and above and found there to be 300,000 choice men fit for war and able to handle spear and shield.

Verse ConceptsMaturity, PhysicalReadinessSpearsWarriorsThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Verse ConceptsAge When CrownedSports

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of50 To 70 YearsAge When Crowned

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsAge When CrownedTwelve Beings

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

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the sight of the Lord, as his father (forefather) David had done.

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of20 To 30 Years

without regard to their genealogical registration, to the males from thirty years old and upward—everyone who entered the house of the Lord for his daily obligations—for their service in accordance with their duties by their divisions;

Verse ConceptsGenealogies

as well as the priests who were registered genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, by their duties and by their divisions.

Verse ConceptsMiddle AgeTwenty

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of50 To 70 YearsAge When Crowned

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsTwo Years

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Verse Concepts30 To 40 YearsKings of judahteenager

Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned [only] three months in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAge When Crowned

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen YearsAge When Crowned

Jehoiachin was eight[teen] years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen Years

Therefore He brought the king of the Chaldeans against them, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.

Verse ConceptsKingsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtArmies, Against IsraelBrutality

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