16 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. |
17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. |
18 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD . |
19 Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever. |
20 In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king. |
21 So Jehoram2 8:21 Hebrew Joram , a variant of Jehoram ; also in verses 23 and 24 went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home. |
22 To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah. Libnah revolted at the same time. |
23 As for the other events of Jehoram's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? |
24 Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king. |
25 In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. |
26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. |
27 He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the LORD , as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab's family. |
28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram; |
