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2 Kings 8:16

AhabJehoshaphatJoramJudah

14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

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.

17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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BSB
In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
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.
WEB
In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel—and Jehoshaphat [was] king of Judah—Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat began his reign as king of Judah.
ÅB
I Israels konge Jorams, Akabs sønns femte år, mens Josjafat enda var konge i Juda, ble Joram, Josjafats sønn, konge i Juda.
OTB
Nå i det femte året av Joram, sønn av Akab, konge av Israel, da Josjafat var konge av Juda, ble Joram, sønn av Josjafat, konge av Juda.
B1930
I Israels konge Jorams, Akabs sønns femte år, mens Josafat ennu var konge i Juda, blev Joram, Josafats sønn, konge i Juda.

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  • 2 Kings 1:17

    So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

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  • 2 Kings 3:1

    Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

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  • 2 Chronicles 21:1–20

    Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

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  • 1 Kings 22:50

    And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

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