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1 Kings 22:51

in 1 Kings 22

In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.

KJV

Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

This verse in 1 Kings 22

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,.... It is observed, that Jehoshaphat began to reign in the fourth year of Ahab, and Ahab reigned twenty two years, see 1Ki 22:41, and therefore Ahab's son must begin to reign in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat; but perhaps he was made king in his father's lifetime, before he went on his expedition to Ramothgilead, or Ahab's reign was not twenty two years complete: and reigned two years over Israel; not complete, as appears from 2Ki 3:1.

This site's exposition

began to reign over Israel

on 1 Kings 22:51-53

Ahaziah's formula closes the scroll's first half on the same note it has used for every northern king, walking in the way of his father and his mother and of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, and serving Baal outright. Ahab and Jezebel's household produces the same pattern in the next generation without variation, and Elijah's ministry still has this king to reckon with in 2 Kings 1.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּAhaziah

    ʾachazyahuH27437 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H11214930 times

  • אַחְאָ֗בAhab

    ʾachavH25692 times

  • מָלַ֤ךְhe became king

    malakhH4427348 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןin Samaria

    beshomeronH8111109 times

  • בִּשְׁנַת֙in year

    bishnatH8141877 times

  • שְׁבַ֣עseven-

    sheva'H7651394 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵ֔הteen

    ʾesrehH6240338 times

  • לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖טof Jehoshaphat

    lihoshafatH309284 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְand he reigned

    vaiyimlokhH4427348 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • שְׁנָתָֽיִם׃two years

    shenatayimH8141877 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 1:17

    So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 3:1

      In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.

    • 2 Kings 8:16–17

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

  • Through

    1 Kings 15:25

    In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 14:20

      And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.

  • Through

    1 Kings 22:40

    And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 1:2

      Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will…

    • 1 Kings 14:31

      And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

    • 2 Kings 1:17

      So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of…

    • 2 Chronicles 20:35

      Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

    • Deuteronomy 31:16

      And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will…

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

This page draws on F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.