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.