2 Kings 8:16-24
1599 Geneva Bible
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.
19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, (B)as he had promised him to give him a light, and to his children forever.
20 ¶ In those days Edom [d]rebelled from under the hand of Judah, and made a King over themselves.
21 Therefore Joram went to Zair, and all his chariots with him, and he arose by night, and smote the Edomites which were about him, with the captains of the chariots, and the people fled into their tents.
22 So Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah unto this day: then [e]Libnah rebelled at that same time.
23 Concerning the rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And (C)Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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- 2 Kings 8:16 Read 2 Kings 1:17.
- 2 Kings 8:16 He was confirmed in his kingdom after his father’s death.
- 2 Kings 8:18 The holy Ghost showeth hereby what danger it is to join with infidels.
- 2 Kings 8:20 Which had been subject from David’s time, until this time of Jehoram.
- 2 Kings 8:22 This was a city in Judah given to the Levites, Josh. 21:13, and after turned from King Jehoram, because of his idolatry.
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