2 Kings 8:16
In 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17He was two and thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:50Then Ochozias the ton of Achab said to Josaphat: Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. And Josaphat would not.
2 Kings 1:17So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elias spoke, and Joram his brother reigned in his stead, in the second year of Joram the son of Josaphat king of Juda: because he had no son.
2 Kings 8:25In the twelfth year of Joram son of Achab king of Israel, reigned Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda.
2 Chronicles 21:1And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:8-16
Hazael's Barbarity Predicted. ( b. c. 885.) 7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad… Read the whole commentary →