2 Kings 8:15-25

15 On the following day, he took the cover and dipped it in water and spread it on his face, ¹so that he died. And Hazael became king in his place.

Another Jehoram Reigns in Judah

16 Now in the fifth year of ²Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king.

17 He was ³thirty-two * years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

18 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for ⁴the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

19 However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, ⁵since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always *.

20 In his days ⁶Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

21 Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; ⁷but his army fled to their tents.

22 ⁸So Edom revolted against * * Judah to this day. Then ⁹Libnah revolted at the same time.

23 The rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Judah?

Ahaziah Succeeds Jehoram in Judah

24 So Joram slept with his fathers and ¹⁰was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and ¹¹Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

25 ¹²In the twelfth * year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.

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2 Kings 8:15-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 8

This chapter gives an account of some advice Elisha had formerly given to the Shunammite woman, and of the success of it, 2Ki 8:1-6 and of the sickness of the king of Syria, who sent to Elisha, then being at Damascus, by Hazael, to know whether he should recover; by whom a message was returned, and Hazael was told by the prophet he should be king of Syria, and exercise great cruelty in Israel, 2Ki 8:7-15 and of the bad reign of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, over Judah, 2Ki 8:16-24 and of the reign of his son Ahaziah, 2Ki 8:25-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 12

1. 2 Kings 8:10
2. 2 Kings 1:17; 2 Kings 3:1
3. 2 Chronicles 21:5-10
4. 2 Kings 8:27
5. 2 Samuel 7:12-15; 1 Kings 11:36
6. 1 Kings 22:47; 2 Kin 3:9, 26, 27; 2 Kings 8:22
7. 2 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 19:8
8. Genesis 27:40
9. Joshua 21:13; 2 Kings 19:8
10. 2 Chronicles 21:20
11. 2 Chronicles 21:1, 7
12. 2 Chronicles 22:1-6

Footnotes 4

[a]. Lit "said"
[b]. I.e. descendant on the throne
[c]. Lit "the people"
[d]. Lit "from under the hand of"