15 And on the morrow he took a thick cloth and dipped in it water, and [a]spread it on his face, and he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

16 (A)Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, and of Jehoshaphat King of Judah, [b]Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began [c]to reign.

17 He was two and thirty years old, when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:15 Under pretence to refresh or ease him, he stifled him with his cloth.
  2. 2 Kings 8:16 Read 2 Kings 1:17.
  3. 2 Kings 8:16 He was confirmed in his kingdom after his father’s death.

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