2 Kings 8:25-29

Ahaziah Reigns in Judah

25 ¹In the ²twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.

26 Ahaziah was ³twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah; she was ⁴a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

27 He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was son-in-law to the house of Ahab.

28 He went with Joram the son of Ahab to make war against ⁵Hazael king of Syria at ⁶Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

29 ⁷And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at ⁸Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And ⁹Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

2 Kings 8:25-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 8

This chapter gives an account of some advice Elisha had formerly given to the Shunammite woman, and of the success of it, 2Ki 8:1-6 and of the sickness of the king of Syria, who sent to Elisha, then being at Damascus, by Hazael, to know whether he should recover; by whom a message was returned, and Hazael was told by the prophet he should be king of Syria, and exercise great cruelty in Israel, 2Ki 8:7-15 and of the bad reign of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, over Judah, 2Ki 8:16-24 and of the reign of his son Ahaziah, 2Ki 8:25-29.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 25-29, see 2 Chronicles 22:1-6
• 2. [2 Kings 9:29]
• 3. [2 Chronicles 22:2]
• 4. [1 Kings 15:10]
• 5. ver. 15
• 6. [1 Kings 22:3]
• 7. 2 Kings 9:15
• 8. 2 Chronicles 22:6; [ver. 28; 2 Chronicles 22:5]
• 9. 2 Kings 9:16