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2 Kings 8:25

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2 Kings 8:25

Verse 25 of 29

Scripture focus

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.

2 Kings 8:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 8:25

Theological / Devotional

Twelfth year of Joram. Elsewhere the accession of Ahaziah is said to have taken place in the 11th year of Joram. Both statements are correct. For an explanation of the apparent discrepancy, see on ch. 9:29.

Son of Jehoram. According to 2 Chron. 21:17 to 22:1, Ahaziah was the youngest son of Jehoram, all of his elder sons having been slain in an enemy attack on the king’s camp. He bore the same name as his uncle Ahaziah, son of Ahab, then crown prince in the nation of Israel, his mother being Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (2 Kings 8:18, 27). Jehoram probably had other wives besides Athaliah who may have been the mothers of his elder sons.

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