2 Kings 9:29

29 (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

2 Kings 9:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:29

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began
Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
] In ( 2 Kings 8:25 ) , it is said to be in the twelfth year of his reign; it was at the close of the eleventh, and the beginning of the twelfth; or he began to reign with his father in the eleventh as here, and in the twelfth as there, when his father was dead.

2 Kings 9:29 In-Context

27 When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

28 Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.

29 (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

30 Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”