2 Kings 8:29

29 So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah ^[a] when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

2 Kings 8:29 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 29 And King Joram went back
From Ramoth, having taken it, and left his army there:

to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him
at Ramah;
the same with Ramothgilead:

when he fought against Hazael king of Syria;
for Benhadad being dead, he was now king in his room, ( 2 Kings 8:15 )

and Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the
son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick;
of the wounds which he had received, which might occasion a feverish disorder; and so it was brought about in Providence that Ahaziah should here meet with the destruction appointed for him, of which in the following chapter. See ( 2 Chronicles 22:7 ) .

2 Kings 8:29 In-Context

27 And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

28 Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.

29 So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

Footnotes

• [a] Ramah is a variant of Ramoth; see verse 28.