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2 Kings 8:16-29
New American Standard Bible
2 Kings 8:16-29
New American Standard Bible
Another Jehoram Reigns in Judah
16 Now in the fifth year of (A)Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king. 17 He was (B)thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. 18 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for (C)Ahab’s daughter was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 19 However, the Lord did not want to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, (D)since He had [a]promised him to give him a [b]lamp through his sons always.
20 In his days (E)Edom broke away from the [c]rule of Judah, and appointed a king over themselves. 21 Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. And he got up at night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; (F)but [d]his army fled to their tents. 22 (G)So Edom has broken away from [e]Judah to this day. Then (H)Libnah broke away at the same time. 23 Now the rest of the acts of Joram and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Ahaziah Succeeds Jehoram in Judah
24 So Joram [f]lay down with his fathers and (I)was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son (J)Ahaziah became king in his place.
25 (K)In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 26 (L)Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. 27 (M)He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab, because he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
28 Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against (N)Hazael king of Aram at (O)Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans [g]wounded Joram. 29 So (P)King Joram returned to have himself healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had [h]inflicted on him at (Q)Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then (R)Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick.
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- 2 Kings 8:19 Lit said to him
- 2 Kings 8:19 I.e., descendant on the throne
- 2 Kings 8:20 Lit hand
- 2 Kings 8:21 Lit the people
- 2 Kings 8:22 Lit under the hand of
- 2 Kings 8:24 I.e., died
- 2 Kings 8:28 Lit struck
- 2 Kings 8:29 Lit struck
2 Kings 8:16-29
New International Version
2 Kings 8:16-29
New International Version
Jehoram King of Judah(A)
16 In the fifth year of Joram(B) son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram(C) son of Jehoshaphat began his reign as king of Judah. 17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. 18 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter(D) of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 19 Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy(E) Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp(F) for David and his descendants forever.
20 In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.(G) 21 So Jehoram[a] went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home. 22 To this day Edom has been in rebellion(H) against Judah. Libnah(I) revolted at the same time.
23 As for the other events of Jehoram’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 24 Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king.
Ahaziah King of Judah(J)
25 In the twelfth(K) year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah,(L) a granddaughter of Omri(M) king of Israel. 27 He followed the ways of the house of Ahab(N) and did evil(O) in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.
28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead.(P) The Arameans wounded Joram; 29 so King Joram returned to Jezreel(Q) to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramoth[b] in his battle with Hazael(R) king of Aram.
Then Ahaziah(S) son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 8:21 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram; also in verses 23 and 24
- 2 Kings 8:29 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth
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