2 Kings 9:29

(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

In Context

28Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.

30Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

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Cross References

2 Kings 8:16In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.

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

2 Chronicles 22:1Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 9:17-30

Jehu's Approach to Jezreel. ( b. c. 884.) 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace?… Read the whole commentary →

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