2 Kings 3:1

And Joram the son of Achab reigned over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of m Josaphat king of Juda. And he reigned twelve years.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

In Context

2And he did evil before the Lord, but not like his father and his mother: for he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:51And Josaphat slept with his fathers. and was buried with them in the city of David his father: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 8:16In the fifth year of Joram son of Achab king of Israel, and of Josaphat king of Juda, reigned Joram son of Josaphat king of Juda.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 3:1

We are now called to attend the public affairs of Israel, in which we shall find Elisha concerned. Here is, I. The general character of Jehoram, king of Israel, ver. 1-3 . II. A war with Moab, in which Jehoram and his allies were engaged, ver. 4-8 . III. The straits which the confederate army were reduced to in their expedition against Moab, and their consulting Elisha in that distress, with the answer of peace he gave them, ver. 9-19 . IV. The glorious issue of this campaign ( ver. 20-25 ) and the barbarous… Read the whole commentary →

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