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Good News Translation

2 Kings 9:29

Ahaziah had become king of Judah in the eleventh year that Joram son of Ahab was king of Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahaziah;   Decision;   Elijah;   Homicide;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehu;   Jezreel;   Naboth;   Usurpation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Elijah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehu;   Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Phoenicia;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoram;   Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahaziah;   Jezebel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Jehu;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahaziah ;   Jezebel ;   Jezreel ;   Joram, Jehoram;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jehu;   Ramothgilead;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jo'ram;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jehu;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahaziah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It was in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab that Ahaziah had become king over Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
In the eleventh year of Yoram the son of Ach'av began Achazyah to reign over Yehudah.
King James Version
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
English Standard Version
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
New Century Version
(Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year Joram son of Ahab was king.)
New English Translation
Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.
Amplified Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.
New American Standard Bible
Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the eleuenth yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reigne ouer Iudah.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.
Contemporary English Version
Ahaziah had become king of Judah in the eleventh year of the rule of Ahab's son Joram.
Complete Jewish Bible
It was in the eleventh year of Yoram the son of Ach'av that Achazyah had begun his rule over Y'hudah.
Darby Translation
(And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab had Ahaziah begun to reign over Judah.)
Easy-to-Read Version
Ahaziah had become king over Judah during Joram's eleventh year as king of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
Lexham English Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.
Literal Translation
And in the eleventh year of Jehoram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ochosias reigned ouer Iuda in ye eleuenth yeare of Iora ye sonne of Achab.
American Standard Version
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
Bible in Basic English
(In the eleventh year of the rule of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the eleuenth yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab, began Ahaziahu to raigne ouer Iuda.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
King James Version (1611)
And in the eleuenth yeere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reigne ouer Iudah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And in the eleventh year of Joram king of Israel, Ochozias began to reign over Juda.
English Revised Version
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
Berean Standard Bible
(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In the eleuenthe yeer of Joram, sone of Achab, kyng of Israel, Ocozie regnede on Juda.
Young's Literal Translation
And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah.
Update Bible Version
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
Webster's Bible Translation
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
World English Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
New King James Version
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.
New Living Translation
Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab.
New Life Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
New Revised Standard
In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now it was, in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, that Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Achab, Ochozias reigned over Juda;
Revised Standard Version
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahazi'ah began to reign over Judah.
THE MESSAGE
In the eleventh year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

Contextual Overview

16 Then he got into his chariot and set off for Jezreel. Joram had still not recovered, and King Ahaziah of Judah was there, visiting him. 17 A guard on duty in the watchtower at Jezreel saw Jehu and his men approaching. "I see some men riding up!" he called out. Joram replied, "Send a rider to find out if they are friends or enemies." 18 The messenger rode out to Jehu and said to him, "The king wants to know if you come as a friend." "That's none of your business!" Jehu answered. "Fall in behind me." The guard on the watchtower reported that the messenger had reached the group but was not returning. 19 Another messenger was sent out, who asked Jehu the same question. Again Jehu answered, "That's none of your business! Fall in behind me." 20 Once more the guard reported that the messenger had reached the group but was not returning. And he added, "The leader of the group is driving his chariot like a madman, just like Jehu!" 21 "Get my chariot ready," King Joram ordered. It was done, and he and King Ahaziah rode out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the field which had belonged to Naboth. 22 "Are you coming in peace?" Joram asked him. "How can there be peace," Jehu answered, "when we still have all the witchcraft and idolatry that your mother Jezebel started?" 23 "It's treason, Ahaziah!" Joram cried out, as he turned his chariot around and fled. 24 Jehu drew his bow, and with all his strength shot an arrow that struck Joram in the back and pierced his heart. Joram fell dead in his chariot, 25 and Jehu said to his aide Bidkar, "Get his body and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth. Remember that when you and I were riding together behind King Joram's father Ahab, the Lord spoke these words against Ahab:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the eleventh: 2 Kings 8:16, 2 Kings 8:24, 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19, 2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Chronicles 22:2

began Ahaziah: "Then he began to reign as viceroy to his father in his sickness." 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19,"But in Joram's twelfth year, he began to reign alone. 2 Kings 8:25.

Cross-References

Genesis 5:5
and died at the age of 930.
Genesis 5:20
and died at the age of 962.
Genesis 5:27
and died at the age of 969.
Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 9:11
With these words I make my covenant with you: I promise that never again will all living beings be destroyed by a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.
Genesis 9:25
he said, "A curse on Canaan! He will be a slave to his brothers.
Psalms 90:10
Seventy years is all we have— eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. In 2 Kings 8:25, it is said to be in the twelfth year of his reign; it was at the close of the eleventh, and the beginning of the twelfth; or he began to reign with his father in the eleventh as here, and in the twelfth as there, when his father was dead.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the eleventh year - The twelfth according to 2 Kings 8:25. The discrepancy may be best explained from two ways of reckoning the accession of Ahaziah, who is likely to have been regent for his father during at least one year. See 2 Chronicles 21:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. In the eleventh year of Joram — The note in our margin contains as good an account of this chronological difficulty as can be reasonably required: Then he began to reign as viceroy to his father in his sickness; 2 Chronicles 21:18-19. But in Joram's twelfth year he began to reign alone; 2 Kings 8:26.


 
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