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On the following day, he took the cover and dipped it in water and spread it on his face, so that he died. And Hazael became king in his place.
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Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king.
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He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD .
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However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always .