2 Kings 1:17

17 So Ahaziah died in agreement with the LORD's word that Elijah had spoken. Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram^[a] became king after him in the second year of Judah's King Jehoram, who was Jehoshaphat's son.

2 Kings 1:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 1:17

So he died, according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had
spoken
How long or how soon after this is not said; however, he died of the sickness, and on the bed to which he went up, as he said:

and Jehoram reigned in his stead:
who was another son of Ahab, and brother of Ahaziah, ( 2 Kings 3:1 ) , in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; but as he must begin his reign in the nineteenth, or in the latter end of the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, see ( 1 Kings 22:51 ) ( 2 Kings 3:1 ) and Jehoshaphat reigned in all twenty five years, ( 1 Kings 22:42 ) , he must live and reign after this six or seven years; this therefore is to be reconciled by observing, that this son of Jehoshaphat was made viceroy, or was taken into partnership in the throne by his father when he went with Ahab to Ramothgilead; and it was in the second year of this his reign with his father that the other Jehoram began his:

because he had no son;
that is, Ahaziah, wherefore his brother reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 1:17 In-Context

15 Then the LORD's messenger said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Don't be afraid of him." So Elijah set out to go with him to the king.

16 Elijah said to the king: "This is what the LORD says: Why did you send messengers to question Ekron's god Baal-zebub? Is there no God in Israel whose word you could seek? Because of this, you won't ever get out of the bed you are lying in; you'll die for sure!"

17 So Ahaziah died in agreement with the LORD's word that Elijah had spoken. Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram became king after him in the second year of Judah's King Jehoram, who was Jehoshaphat's son.

18 The rest of Ahaziah's deeds, aren't they written in the official records of Israel's kings?

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb Jehoram; the king’s name is variously spelled in either long Jehoram or short Joram form.