In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
2 Kings 8:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 In the twelfth year of King Joram son of Ahab of Israel, Ahaziah son of King Jehoram of Judah began to reign. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Ahaziah, the son of Judah’s king Jehoram, became king in the twelfth year of Israel’s King Joram, Ahab’s son. Catholic Public Domain Version In the twelfth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, the king of Israel: Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, reigned. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the twelfth year of Joram son of Achab king of Israel, reigned Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda. |
In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in the city of David but not in the tombs of the kings.
The inhabitants of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king as his successor, for the troops who came with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram reigned as king of Judah.