2 Kings 8:18
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:3You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.
1 Kings 21:25But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
1 Kings 22:53He served Baal and worshipped him, and provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways that his father had done so.
2 Kings 8:26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
2 Kings 16:3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
2 Kings 21:13I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:17-25
The Reign of Jehoram. ( b. c. 884.) 16 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. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord . 19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his… Read the whole commentary →