2 Kings 1:17 BSB — MannaFest

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 Jehoshaphat over Judah.

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ASV

So he died according to the word of Jehovah which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

KJV

So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 1:15 (373)

After the death of Ahaziah, since he had no children who could inherit the kingdom, his brother Jehoram became king. This did not occur because the Law prescribed anything of the sort, but because this was the custom of their neighbors, which the children of …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

In the second year from that time, when Jehoram was thus made vice-king in his father's stead; this Jehoram, Ahab's son, began to reign: and in the fifth year of the reign of this Jehoram son of Ahab, which was about the twenty- fourth year of Jehoshaphat's reign, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat was made king of Judah, together with his father.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The similarity of names in the two royal houses of Israel and Judah at this time, and at no other, seems to be the consequence of the close ties which united the two reigning families, and is well noted among the “undesigned coincidences” of the Old Testament. The accession of the Israelite Jehoram (Ahab’s brother) took place, according to 2Ki 3:1, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֜מָת	vai.Ya.mot	and he died	H4191 →
כִּדְבַ֥ר	kid.Var	according to [the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָ֣ה׀	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֣ר	di.Ber	he spoke	H1696 →
אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֤ךְ	vai.yim.Lokh	and he became king	H4427 →
יְהוֹרָם֙	ye.ho.Ram	Jehoram	H3088 →
תַּחְתָּ֔יו פ	tach.Tav	in place of him	H8478 →
בִּשְׁנַ֣ת	bish.Nat	in year	H8141 →
שְׁתַּ֔יִם	she.Ta.yim	two	H8147 →
לִיהוֹרָ֥ם	li.ho.Ram	of Jehoram	H3088 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט	ye.ho.sha.Fat	Jehoshaphat	H3092 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הָ֥יָה	Ha.yah	he belonged	H1961 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	to him
בֵּֽן׃	Ben	a son	H1121 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk4

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 22:51
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.
leads to
- 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.
- 1 Kings 22:40
  And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
Through
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.
leads to
- 2 Kings 8:16
  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.
- 1 Kings 22:51
  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.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

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Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Kings