Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
16 In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab as king of Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah
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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 at the age of thirty-two, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
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He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
18 His wife was Ahab's daughter, and like the family of Ahab he followed the evil ways of the kings of Israel. He sinned against the Lord,
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He followed 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 but the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, because he had promised his servant David that his descendants would always continue to rule.
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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 During Jehoram's reign Edom revolted against Judah and became an independent kingdom.
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In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.
21 So Jehoram set out with all his chariots to Zair, where the Edomite army surrounded them. During the night he and his chariot commanders managed to break out and escape, and his soldiers scattered to their homes.
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So Jehoram 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 Edom has been independent of Judah ever since. During this same period the city of Libnah also revolted.
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To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah. Libnah revolted at the same time.
23 Everything else that Jehoram did is recorded in [The History of the Kings of Judah.]
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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 died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.
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Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king.
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