2 Kings 8:16

2 Kings 8:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
• New International Version (NIV)In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat began his reign as king of Judah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as king of Judah.

Context of 2 Kings 8:16

14He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael replied, “He told me you would surely recover.” 15The next day Hazael took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king. In the fifth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king over Judah. 17He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. 18He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Kings 8:16 word by word

וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת חָמֵ֗שׁ לְיוֹרָ֤ם בֶּן־אַחְאָב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָלַ֛ךְ יְהוֹרָ֥ם בֶּן־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in the fifthחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of Joramיוֹרָםyôrâm · JoramH3141
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטyehôshâphâţ · JehoshaphatH3092
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• Jehoramיְהוֹרָםyehôrâm · JehoramH3088
• began to reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:16

• 2 Kings 1:17He died just as the Lord had prophesied through Elijah. In the second year of the reign of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah, Ahaziah’s brother Jehoram replaced him as king of Israel, because he had no son.
• 1 Kings 22:50Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.
• 2 Chronicles 21:1Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16In the fifth year of Joram - This verse, as it stands in the present Hebrew text, may be thus read: "And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, [and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah], reigned Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah." The three Hebrew words, יהודה מלך ויהושפט , and of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, greatly disturb the chronology in this place. It is certain that Jehoshaphat reigned twenty-five years, and that Jehoram his son…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 The passage is parenthetic, resuming the history of the kingdom of Judah from 1 Kings 22:50. 2 Kings 8:16 The opening words are - “In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah;” but they contradict all the other chronological notices of Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 22:42, 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 3:1; 2 Chronicles 20:31, which give him a reign of at least twenty-three years. Hence, some have supposed that…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. 16Jehoram ruled Judah with his father, Jehoshaphat, for five years. He became king on his own in the fifth year of Joram's reign in 848 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat ... began to reign--(See on 2Ki 3:1). His father resigned the throne to him two years before his death.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 8:16

• Influence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehoram

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Israel
• Jehoram
• Jehoshaphat
• 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