2 Kings 8:17-27

17 He was ¹thirty-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 ²the 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, ³since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always *.

20 In his days ⁴Edom 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; ⁵but his army fled to their tents.

22 ⁶So Edom revolted against * * Judah to this day. Then ⁷Libnah 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 ⁸was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and ⁹Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

25 ¹⁰In the twelfth * year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.

26 ¹¹Ahaziah was twenty-two * years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

27 ¹²He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab had done, because he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

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

Footnotes 4

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