2 Kings 8:25 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 8:25

In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

BSB

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ASV

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

KJV

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. He is called Jehoahaz, and said to be the youngest son of Jehoram, 2Ch 21:17.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּשְׁנַת֙	bish.Nat	in year	H8141 →
שְׁתֵּים־	she.teim-	two [plus]	H8147 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה	'es.Reh	ten	H6240 →
שָׁנָ֔ה	sha.Nah	year	H8141 →
לְיוֹרָ֥ם	le.yo.Ram	of Joram	H3141 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אַחְאָ֖ב	'ach.'Av	Ahab	H256 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
מָלַ֛ךְ	ma.Lakh	he became king	H4427 →
אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ	'a.chaz.Ya.hu	Ahaziah	H274 →
בֶן־	ven-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְהוֹרָ֖ם	ye.ho.Ram	Jehoram	H3088 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יְהוּדָֽה׃	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →

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2 Chronicles 21:20
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the…
leads to
- Jeremiah 22:18
  Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas,…
- Jeremiah 22:28
  Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
- 2 Chronicles 28:27
  And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his…
- 2 Chronicles 24:25
  And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his…
- 2 Chronicles 23:21
  and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.
Through
2 Kings 9:29
(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 21:18–19
  After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
- 2 Kings 8:24–25
  And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 22:1–2
  Then 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.…

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