2 Kings 8:25

2 Kings 8:25 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.

Context of 2 Kings 8:25

23The other things that happened while Jehoram was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of Judah's kings’. It tells about all the things that Jehoram did. 24Jehoram died and they buried him with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Ahaziah became king after him. When Ahab's son Joram had been king of Israel for 12 years, Jehoram's son Ahaziah started to rule Judah as king. 26Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah. She was a granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel. 27Ahaziah lived in the same bad way that Ahab's family had done. He did things that the Lord said were evil, as Ahab's family had done. That was because he had married a woman from Ahab's family.

2 Kings 8:25 word by word

בִּשְׁנַת֙ שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְיוֹרָ֥ם בֶּן־אַחְאָ֖ב מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹרָ֖ם מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the twelfthשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• In the twelfthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• In the twelfthשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• of Joramיוֹרָםyôrâm · JoramH3141
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• did Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ'ăchazyâh 'ăchazyâhû · AhaziahH274
• of Jehoramיְהוֹרָםyehôrâm · JehoramH3088
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• begin to reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:25

• 2 Kings 8:16When Ahab's son Joram had been king of Israel for five years, Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram started to rule Judah as king.
• 2 Kings 9:29Ahaziah had become king of Judah when Ahab's son Joram had been king of Israel for 11 years.
• 2 Chronicles 21:20Jehoram was 32 years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. When he died, nobody was sad. They buried him in the City of David, but not in the place where they had buried the other kings.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:25

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-29Verses 25-29 Names do not make natures, but it was bad for Jehoshaphat's family to borrow names from Ahab's. Ahaziah's relation to Ahab's family was the occasion of his wickedness and of his fall. When men choose wives for themselves, let them remember they are choosing mothers for their children. Providence so ordered it, that Ahaziah might be cut off with the house of Ahab, when the measure of their iniquity was full. Those who partake with sinners in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25the twelfth year of the reign of Joram: Ahaziah became king of Judah in 841 BC. This year was crucial in ancient Near Eastern history. By the end of the year, both Joram and Ahaziah were dead. Hazael became the confirmed king of Damascus, and Shalmaneser III of Assyria controlled the region.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 8:25

• Ahaziah
• Influence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Ahaziah
• Israel
• Jehoram
• Joram
• Judah
• Jehoram; Joram
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Judah, kingdom of Judah

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