2 Kings 8:16

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fifth	חָמֵ֗שׁ cha.Mesh	H2568	five · noun, common both genders singular absolute
year	וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת u.vish.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Joram	לְיוֹרָ֤ם le.yo.Ram	H3141	Joram · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ahab	אַחְאָב֙ 'ach.'Av	H256	Achab · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Jehoshaphat	וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט vi.ho.sha.Fat	H3092	Jehoshaphat · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
Jehoram	יְהוֹרָ֥ם ye.ho.Ram	H3088	Jehoram · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Jehoshaphat	יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט ye.ho.sha.Fat	H3092	Jehoshaphat · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָֽה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
reign	מָלַ֛ךְ ma.Lakh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Kings 1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son…
2 Kings 3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years…
1 Kings 22:50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his…
2 Chronicles 21:1-20 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:16-24

We have here a brief account of the life and reign of Jehoram (or Joram), one of the worst of the kings of Judah, but the son and successor of Jehoshaphat, one of the best. Note, 1. Parents cannot give grace to their children. Many that have themselves been godly have had the grief and shame of seeing those that came forth out of their bowels wicked and vile. Let not the families that are thus afflicted think it strange. 2. If the children of good parents prove wicked, commonly they are worse than others. The unclean spirit brings in seven others more wicked than himself, Luk 11:26. 3. A nation is sometimes justly punished with the miseries of a bad reign for not improving the blessings and…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 8:16

JEHORAM'S WICKED REIGN. (Kg2 8:16-23) Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat . . . began to reign--(See on Kg2 3:1). His father resigned the throne to him two years before his death.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 8:16

In the fifth year of Joram - This verse, as it stands in the present Hebrew text, may be thus read: "And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, [and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah], reigned Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah." The three Hebrew words, ויהושפט מלך יהודה, and of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, greatly disturb the chronology in this place. It is certain that Jehoshaphat reigned twenty-five years, and that Jehoram his son reigned but eight; Kg1 22:42; Kg2 8:17; Ch2 20:31; Ch2 21:5. So that he could not have reigned during his father's life without being king twenty years, and eight years! These words are wanting in three of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. in the C…

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John Gill on 2 Kings 8:16

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,.... 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 (h), 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 ti…

Dictionary and topics

Elijah — Whose God is Jehovah. (1.) “The Tishbite,” the “Elias” of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made…
Hazael — Whom God beholds, an officer of Ben-hadad II., king of Syria, who ultimately came to the throne, according to the word of the Lord to Elijah (1 Kings 19:15), after he had put the king to death (2…
Jehoram — Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr.…
Jehoshaphat — Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David’s body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, “recorder” or annalist…
Joram — =Jeho’ram. (1.) One of the kings of Israel (2 Kings 8:16, 25, 28). He was the son of Ahab. (2.) Jehoram, the son and successor of Jehoshaphat on the throne of Judah (2 Kings 8:24).
Influence · EVIL — EVIL
Jehoram · 1. King of — 1. King of
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Jehoram or Joram — Who reigned over Judah: Jehoram or Joram

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 8:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:16-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 8:16

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 8:16

John Gill on 2 Kings 8:16

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 8:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:16-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 8:16

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 8:16

John Gill on 2 Kings 8:16

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 8:16-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 8:16

Rashi on 2 Kings 8:16