2 Reis 8:16

16 Ora, no ano quinto de Jorão, filho de Acabe, rei de Israel, Jeorão, filho de Jeosafá, rei de Judá, começou a reinar.

2 Reis 8:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 8:16

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
&c.] Who began his reign in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, ( 2 Kings 3:1 ) .

Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah;
as he continued to be two years more; for this must be in the twenty third year of his reign, and he reigned twenty five years, ( 1 Kings 22:42 ) .

Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign;
according to Dr. Lightfoot ^F8, there were three beginnings of his reign; "first", when his father went with Ahab to Ramothgilead, when be was left viceroy, and afterwards his father reassumed the kingdom; the "second" time was, when Jehoshaphat went with the kings of Israel and Edom against Moab; and this is the time here respected, which was in the fifth of Joram king of Israel; and the "third" time was, at the death of his father; but knew his father was living.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Works, vol. 1. p. 84.

2 Reis 8:16 In-Context

14 Então apartou-se de Eliseu, e voltou ao seu senhor, o qual lhe perguntou: Que te disse Eliseu? Respondeu ele: Disse-me que certamente sararás.

15 Ao outro dia Hazael tomou um cobertor, molhou-o na água e o estendeu sobre o rosto do rei, de modo que este morreu. E Hazael reinou em seu lugar.

16 Ora, no ano quinto de Jorão, filho de Acabe, rei de Israel, Jeorão, filho de Jeosafá, rei de Judá, começou a reinar.

17 Tinha trinta e dois anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou oito anos em Jerusalém.

18 E andou no caminho dos reis de Israel, como também fizeram os da casa de Acabe, porque tinha por mulher a filha de Acabe; e fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor.