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In the twelfth year of Israel's King Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
2 Kings 8:25 Meaning and Commentary
2 Kings 8:25
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. ] He is called Jehoahaz, and said to be the youngest son of Jehoram, ( 2 Chronicles 21:17 ) .
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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?
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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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In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
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Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
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He followed the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.