2 Kings 8:17

17 He was of two and thirty years when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2 Kings 8:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 8:17

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign
The second time, in the lifetime of his father:

and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem;
which ended in the twelfth year of Joram king of Israel, ( 2 Kings 8:25 ) .

2 Kings 8:17 In-Context

15 And when the tother day had come, Hazael took the cloth that lay on the bed of Benhadad, and he beshedded it with water, and he spreaded it abroad upon the face of Benhadad; and when he was dead, Hazael reigned for him.
16 In the fifth year of Joram , son of Ahab, king of Israel, and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Jehoram , the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, reigned. (In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, began to reign.)
17 He was of two and thirty years when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18 And he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had gone; for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did that, that was evil in the sight of the Lord.
19 Forsooth the Lord would not destroy Judah, for David, his servant, as he promised to David, that he should give to him a lantern, and to his sons in all days. (But the Lord did not destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David, as he had promised David, that he would give him, and his sons, a light, or a flame, to burn forever.)
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