2 Kings 8:29

2 Kings 8:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
• New International Version (NIV)so King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramoth in his battle with Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then King Joram went back to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Context of 2 Kings 8:29

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. 28King Ahaziah went with Ahab's son, King Joram of Israel, to fight against Hazael, the king of Syria. They fought a battle at Ramoth Gilead. The Syrian army won the fight and they hurt King Joram. King Joram returned to Jezreel, so that his wounds could get better after the battle. While he was there, King Ahaziah went to visit him, because of his wounds.

2 Kings 8:29 word by word

וַיָּשָׁב֩ יוֹרָ֨ם הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣א בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִן־הַמַּכִּים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַכֻּ֤הוּ אֲרַמִּים֙ בָּֽרָמָ֔ה בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹ אֶת־חֲזָהאֵ֖ל מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֑ם וַאֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹרָ֜ם מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה יָרַ֡ד לִרְא֞וֹת אֶת־יוֹרָ֧ם בֶּן־אַחְאָ֛ב בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אל כִּֽי־חֹלֶ֥ה הֽוּא׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Joramיוֹרָםyôrâm · JoramH3141
• went backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to be healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• in Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizre‛ê'l · JezreelH3157
• of the woundsמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• which the Syriansאֲרַמִּי'ărammîy · SyrianH761
• had givenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• him at Ramahרָמָהrâmâh · RamahH7414
• when he foughtלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against Hazaelחֲזָהאֵלchăzâ'êl chăzâh'êl · HazaelH2371
• of Syriaאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
• And Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ'ăchazyâh 'ăchazyâhû · AhaziahH274
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Jehoramיְהוֹרָםyehôrâm · JehoramH3088
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• went downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• of Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
• because he was sickחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: illH2470

Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:29

• 2 Kings 9:15The Syrian soldiers had hurt King Joram in the battle against King Hazael. So he returned to Jezreel to get well again. Jehu said to his men, ‘If you really want to help me, do not let anyone leave this city. Nobody must go to warn the people in Jezreel.’
• 2 Kings 8:28King Ahaziah went with Ahab's son, King Joram of Israel, to fight against Hazael, the king of Syria. They fought a battle at Ramoth Gilead. The Syrian army won the fight and they hurt King Joram.
• 2 Kings 9:16Then Jehu got into his chariot and he rode to Jezreel, because King Joram was resting there. Ahaziah, the king of Judah, had also gone to Jezreel to visit King Joram.
• 2 Chronicles 22:6Joram returned to Jezreel, so that his wounds could get better after the battle. While he was there, King Ahaziah of Judah went to visit him, because of his wounds.
• 1 Kings 22:34Then a Syrian soldier shot an arrow into the air. He did not try to shoot at anyone, but the arrow hit the king of Israel. The arrow went through a space in the king's armour. The king commanded the man who drove his chariot, ‘Turn the chariot around. Take me away from the battle. An arrow has hit me.’

Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Went back to be healed in Jezreel - And there he continued till Jehu conspired against and slew him there. And thus the blood of the innocents, which had been shed by Ahab and his wife Jezebel, was visited on them in the total extinction of their family. See the following chapters, where the bloody tale of Jehu's conspiracy is told at large. I Have already had to remark on the chronological difficulties which occur in the historical books; difficulties…Read the comment
• 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. 28-29Once again, a king of Judah joined an Israelite king to fight the Arameans at Ramoth-gilead (see 1 Kings 22:1–40). Jezreel acted as a second capital for Israel during Ahab’s rule (1 Kings 21:1); he went there after seeing Elijah's challenge with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:46).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 8:29

• Ahaziah
• Friendship
• Hazael
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jezreel
• Joram
• Ramoth-Gilead

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Ahaziah
• Jehoram
• Jezreel
• Joram
• Judah
• Syria
• Jehoram; Joram
• Ramah
• Jezreel, Jezreelite

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