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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 Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

KJV

Anno quinto Joram filii Achab regis Israël, et Josaphat regis Juda, regnavit Joram filius Josaphat rex Juda.

Vulgate

Ἐν ἔτει πέμπτῳ τῷ Ἰωρὰμ υἱῷ Ἀχαὰβ βασιλεῖ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰωσαφάθ βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰωρὰμ υἱὸς Ἰωσαφὰθ βασιλεὺς Ἰούδα.

LXX

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.

ASV

וּ/בִ/שְׁנַ֣ת חָמֵ֗שׁ לְ/יוֹרָ֤ם בֶּן אַחְאָב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וִ/יהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָלַ֛ךְ יְהוֹרָ֥ם בֶּן יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahJehoshaphatJehoramAhabJehoramJudah

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַחְאָ֖ב
'ch'b
proper_noun · 93×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
חֲמֵ֥שׁ
chmsh
adjective · 344×
יְהוֹרָם֙
yhvrm
proper_noun · 29×
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט
yhvshpt
proper_noun · 82×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יוֹרָֽם
yvrm
proper_noun · 20×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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 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.