2 Kings 9:29

2 Kings 9:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
• New International Version (NIV)(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.

Context of 2 Kings 9:29

27King Ahaziah of Judah saw what had happened to Joram. So he rode away quickly on the road towards Beth Haggan. Jehu chased after him and he shouted, ‘Kill him too!’ Jehu's men shot arrows at Ahaziah as he rode in his chariot up the hill to Gur, near Ibleam. He escaped to Megiddo and he died there. 28King Ahaziah's servants took his body back to Jerusalem in a chariot. They buried him there in a grave beside his ancestors in the City of David. Ahaziah had become king of Judah when Ahab's son Joram had been king of Israel for 11 years. 30After that, Jehu went to Jezreel. Jezebel heard what had happened. So she made her eyes and her hair look beautiful. Then she looked out of a window in the palace. 31When Jehu came through the gate of the city, Jezebel called out to him, ‘Have you come as a friend, Zimri? No, you have murdered your master!’

2 Kings 9:29 word by word

וּבִשְׁנַת֙ אַחַ֣ת עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְיוֹרָ֖ם בֶּן־אַחְאָ֑ב מָלַ֥ךְ אֲחַזְיָ֖ה עַל־יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in the eleventhשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• And in the eleventhעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• And in the eleventhאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of Joramיוֹרָםyôrâm · JoramH3141
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
• began Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ'ăchazyâh 'ăchazyâhû · AhaziahH274
• to reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• over Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063

Cross-references for 2 Kings 9:29

• 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 Chronicles 21:18After all this happened, the Lord caused Jehoram to have a bad disease in his stomach. He could not become well again.
• 2 Chronicles 22:1The people who lived in Jerusalem chose Jehoram's youngest son, Ahaziah, to become king. The group of men who came into the city with the Arabs had killed all Jehoram's older sons. So Jehoram's son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
• 2 Kings 8:25When Ahab's son Joram had been king of Israel for 12 years, Jehoram's son Ahaziah started to rule Judah as king.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 9:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29In the eleventh year of Joram - The note in our margin contains as good an account of this chronological difficulty as can be reasonably required: Then he began to reign as viceroy to his father in his sickness; 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19. But in Joram's twelfth year he began to reign alone; 2 Kings 8:26.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29In the eleventh year - The twelfth according to 2 Kings 8:25. The discrepancy may be best explained from two ways of reckoning the accession of Ahaziah, who is likely to have been regent for his father during at least one year. See 2 Chronicles 21:19.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-29Verses 16-29 Jehu was a man of eager spirit. The wisdom of God is seen in the choice of those employed in his work. But it is not for any man's reputation to be known by his fury. He that has rule over his own spirit, is better than the mighty. Joram met Jehu in the portion of Naboth. The circumstances of events are sometimes ordered by Divine Providence to make the punishment answer to the sin, as face answers to face in a glass. The way of sin can never…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-37The writer summarizes Jehu's takeover, which started Israel's fourth dynasty, in four steps: Elisha sent a prophet to the army camp at Ramoth-gilead to anoint Jehu as Israel's next king (2 Kings 9:1–10). Jehu's soldiers learned about the prophet's visit and declared Jehu king (2 Kings 9:11–15). Both Joram and King Ahaziah of Judah were killed (2 Kings 9:16–29). Jezebel was killed (2 Kings 9:30–37).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 9:29

• Ahaziah
• Decision
• Elijah
• Homicide
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehu
• Jezreel
• Naboth
• Usurpation

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Ahaziah
• Joram
• Judah
• Jehoram; Joram
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Jehoram
• Jezebel
• Jezreel

Commentaries on 2 Kings 9

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings