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2 Kings 8:25-29
New English Translation
2 Kings 8:25-29
New English Translation
Ahaziah Takes the Throne of Judah
25 In the twelfth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became king over Judah. 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter[a] of King Omri of Israel. 27 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of[b] the Lord, as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he was related to Ahab’s family.[c]
28 He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram. 29 King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians[d] in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit[e] Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.
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- 2 Kings 8:26 tn Hebrew בַּת (bat), “daughter,” can refer, as here to a granddaughter. See HALOT 166 s.v. בַּת.
- 2 Kings 8:27 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
- 2 Kings 8:27 tn Heb “and he walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for he was a relative by marriage of the house of Ahab.” For this use of חֲתַן (khatan), normally “son-in-law,” see HALOT 365 s.v. חָתָן. Ahab was Ahaziah’s grandfather on his mother’s side.
- 2 Kings 8:29 tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
- 2 Kings 8:29 tn Heb “to see.”
2 Kings 8:25-29
New International Version
2 Kings 8:25-29
New International Version
Ahaziah King of Judah(A)
25 In the twelfth(B) 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,(C) a granddaughter of Omri(D) king of Israel. 27 He followed the ways of the house of Ahab(E) and did evil(F) 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.(G) The Arameans wounded Joram; 29 so King Joram returned to Jezreel(H) to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramoth[a] in his battle with Hazael(I) king of Aram.
Then Ahaziah(J) son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 8:29 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth
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