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

23Now the rest of the acts of Joram and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 24So Joram lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Ahaziah became king in his place. In 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 became king, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. 27He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab, because he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

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

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

Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:25

• 2 Kings 8:16Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king.
• 2 Kings 9:29Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 21:20He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years; and he departed with no one’s regret, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the 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
• Judah
• Hazael
• Oppression
• Restore
• Elisha
• Jehoahaz

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