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2 Kings 8:24
24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 8:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
- New International Version (NIV)Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
Context of 2 Kings 8:24
22But the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 23And the rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. 26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
Read all of 2 Kings 82 Kings 8:24 word by word
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב יוֹרָם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:24
- 1 Kings 2:10And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- 1 Kings 11:43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Kings 14:20And the days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers. And Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Chronicles 3:11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
- 2 Chronicles 21:1And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Chronicles 25:23And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
- 2 Kings 22:1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozcath.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24On the death of Jehoram, see 2 Chronicles 21:12-19. His son is also called Jehoahaz (margin) by a transposition of the two elements of the name.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-24Verses 16-24 A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union with an idolatrous family.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Jehoram died from a painful stomach disease and was not buried in the royal tombs (2 Chronicles 21:18–20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead--(See on 2Ch 22:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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