2 Kings 8:16-28

New King James Version

Jehoram Reigns in Judah^(A)

¹⁶Now ^(B)in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, ^(C)Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as ^[a]king of Judah. ¹⁷He was ^(D)thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for ^(E)the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. ¹⁹Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, ^(F)as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

²⁰In his days ^(G)Edom revolted against Judah’s authority, ^(H)and made a king over themselves. ²¹So ^[b]Joram went to Zair, and all his chariots with him. Then he rose by night and attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; and the troops fled to their tents. ²²Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah’s authority to this day. ^(I)And Libnah revolted at that time.

²³Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²⁴So Joram ^[c]rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then ^(J)Ahaziah^[d] his son reigned in his place.

Ahaziah Reigns in Judah^(K)

²⁵In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. ²⁶Ahaziah was ^(L)twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel. ²⁷^(M)And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.