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2 Kings 3:1

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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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

KJV

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

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This verse in 2 Kings 3

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,.... So that the two years of the reign of his brother Ahaziah were not complete, only part of the seventeenth and part of the eighteenth of Jehoshaphat, since he began to reign in his seventeenth year, at the beginning of that, and died towards the close of the eighteenth, when Jehoram succeeded him, see 1Ki 22:51, and reigned twelve years.

This site's exposition

the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat

on 2 Kings 3:1-3

Jehoram is measured against both parents in one sentence: evil, but not like Ahab and Jezebel, since he puts away the image of Baal his father made. The reform stops short. He still cleaves to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the golden calves at Bethel and Dan, and the narrator uses the same refrain that opened at Jeroboam himself in 1 Ki 12:28 and will close the northern kingdom's story at 2 Ki 17:21-22. Every northern king in these books is weighed on that one scale, and a partial reform still fails it.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice
In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat - This date agrees exactly with the statements that Jehoshaphat began to reign in the fourth year of Ahab 1Ki 22:41, and Ahaziah in the 17th year of Jehoshaphat 1Ki 22:51.

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.

  • וִיהוֹרָ֣םand Jehoram

    vihoramH3088 →29 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אַחְאָ֗בAhab

    ʾachavH256 →92 times

  • מָלַ֤ךְhe became king

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןin Samaria

    beshomeronH8111 →109 times

  • בִּשְׁנַת֙in year

    bishnatH8141 →877 times

  • שְׁמֹנֶ֣הeight-

    shemonehH8083 →109 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵ֔הteen

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖טof Jehoshaphat

    lihoshafatH3092 →84 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְand he reigned

    vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times

  • שְׁתֵּים־two [plus]

    sheteim-H8147 →768 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵ֥הten

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • שָׁנָֽה׃year[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

7 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 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.

    it leads to

    • 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…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 22:50

      And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

    • 2 Chronicles 21:1–20

      And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

  • 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 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.

    • 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.

  • 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.

    it 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.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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