2 Kings 8:16

In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, and while Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

In Context

15And it came to pass on the next day that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and put it on his face, and he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

2 Kings 1:17So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken.

2 Kings 8:25In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram began to reign.

2 Chronicles 21:1And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Jehoram 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 →

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