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

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

18 And he walked in the ways of the Kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the [c]daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:16 Read 2 Kings 1:17.
  2. 2 Kings 8:16 He was confirmed in his kingdom after his father’s death.
  3. 2 Kings 8:18 The holy Ghost showeth hereby what danger it is to join with infidels.

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