2 Kings 8:25-29
Christian Standard Bible
Judah’s King Ahaziah
25 In the twelfth year of Israel’s King Joram son of Ahab,(A) Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.(B) 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter of Israel’s King Omri.(C) 27 He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the Lord’s sight like the house of Ahab,(D) for his father had married into[a] the house of Ahab.
28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against King Hazael(E) of Aram in Ramoth-gilead,(F) and the Arameans wounded Joram. 29 So King Joram returned to Jezreel(G) to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead[b] when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael.(H) Then Judah’s King Ahaziah son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.
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2 Kings 8:25-29
Common English Bible
Ahaziah rules Judah
25 Ahaziah, the son of Judah’s king Jehoram, became king in the twelfth year of Israel’s King Joram,[a] Ahab’s son. 26 Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled for one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah; she was the granddaughter of Israel’s King Omri. 27 He walked in the ways of Ahab’s dynasty, doing what was evil in the Lord’s eyes, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, because he had married into Ahab’s family. 28 Ahaziah went with Joram, Ahab’s son, to fight against Aram’s King Hazael at Ramoth-gilead, where the Arameans wounded Joram. 29 King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had given him at Ramah in his battle with Aram’s King Hazael. Then Judah’s King Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, went down to visit Joram, Ahab’s son, at Jezreel because he had been wounded.
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- 2 Kings 8:25 Heb Jehoram (also in 8:29); the king’s name is variously spelled in either long Jehoram or short Joram form.
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