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.
KJV
Joram vero filius Achab regnavit super Israël in Samaria anno decimooctavo Josaphat regis Judæ : regnavitque duodecim annis.
Vulgate
Καὶ Ἰωρὰμ υἱὸς Ἀχαὰβ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν ἔτει ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ Ἰωσαφὰθ βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν δώδεκα ἔτη.
LXX
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
ASV
וִ/יהוֹרָ֣ם בֶּן אַחְאָ֗ב מָלַ֤ךְ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּ/שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לִ/יהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַ/יִּמְלֹ֖ךְ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָֽה
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the ministry of Elisha, the dynasty of Jehu, the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah, the prophets Jonah and Isaiah, and the fall of Samaria to the Assyrians in 722 BC. Josephus preserves traditions about Jonah and the Ninevites that supplement the biblical book.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 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 of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
- 2Kgs 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 of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
- 2Kgs 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 Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.