2 Kings 9:29

29 It was in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab that Ahaziah had become king over Judah.^[a]

2 Kings 9:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:29

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began
Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
] In ( 2 Kings 8:25 ) , it is said to be in the twelfth year of his reign; it was at the close of the eleventh, and the beginning of the twelfth; or he began to reign with his father in the eleventh as here, and in the twelfth as there, when his father was dead.

2 Kings 9:29 In-Context

27 When King Ahaziah of Judah saw [what was happening], he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, "Shoot him too!" So they shot him in his chariot at Gur Pass near Ibleam, but he fled to Megiddo and died there.

28 Then his servants carried him to Jerusalem in a chariot and buried him in his fathers' tomb in the city of David.

29 It was in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab that Ahaziah had become king over Judah.

30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it, so she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from the window.

31 As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "[Do you come in] peace, Zimri, killer of your master?"

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Kg 8:25