2 Kings 8:17
in 2 Kings 8Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
KJV
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Kings 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseHe reigned eight years in Jerusalem - Beginning with the fifth year of Joram, king of Israel. He reigned three years with Jehoshaphat his father, and five years alone; i.e., from A.M. 3112 to 3119, according to Archbishop Usher.
This site's exposition
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah
on 2 Kings 8:16-18
Jehoram of Judah begins his eight-year reign in the fifth year of Joram of Israel, and the text names the reason for what follows in one clause: the daughter of Ahab was his wife. That marriage carries Jezebel's household into David's line, and Jehoram walks in the way of the kings of Israel rather than the way of his own father Jehoshaphat. The wife is not named here, but she is the daughter who will sit on David's own throne herself within a few chapters, the marriage's full cost still ahead of the reader.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign,.... The second time, in the lifetime of his father: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem; which ended in the twelfth year of Joram king of Israel, 2Ki 8:25.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
In the fifth year, etc. Yehoshophot crowned Yorom [who reigned] two years during his lifetime, when they returned from the war they had waged with the king of Mo’av; 14 See Radak’s commentary pertaining to Rashi’s calculation. so it was taught in Seder Olam.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם | ushetayim | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הָיָ֣ה | hayah | he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְמָלְכ֑וֹ | vemalekho | when became king he | H4427 → | 348 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנֶ֣ה | ushemoneh | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| שָׁנִ֔ים | shanah | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| מָלַ֖ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
בֶּן־a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וּשְׁתַּ֛יִםand two
ushetayimH8147 →768 times
שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
הָיָ֣הhe was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
בְמָלְכ֑וֹwhen became king he
vemalekhoH4427 →348 times
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֣הand eight
ushemonehH8083 →109 times
שָׁנִ֔יםyears
shanahH8141 →877 times
מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned
malakhH4427 →348 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.