2 Kings 9:29

THE MESSAGE

In the eleventh year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.

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.

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

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.

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 Jehu mounted a chariot and rode to Jezreel, where Joram was in bed, resting. King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram. ¹⁷ A sentry standing duty on the watchtower in Jezreel saw the company of Jehu arrive. He said, "I see a band of men." Joram said, "Get a horseman and send him out to meet them and inquire, ‘Is anything wrong?'" ¹⁸ The horseman rode out to meet Jehu and said, "The king wants to know if there's anything wrong." Jehu said, "What's it to you whether things are right or wrong? Fall in behind me." The sentry said, "The messenger reached them, but he's not returning." ¹⁹ The king then sent a second horseman. When he reached them he said, "The king wants to know if there's anything wrong." Jehu said, "What's it to you whether things are right or wrong? Fall in behind me." ²⁰ The sentry said, "The messenger reached them, but he's not returning. The driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi—crazy!" ²¹ Joram ordered, "Get my chariot ready!" They hitched up his chariot. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his own chariot, drove out to meet Jehu. They met in the field of Naboth of Jezreel. ²² When Joram saw Jehu he called out, "Good day, Jehu!" Jehu answered, "What's good about it? How can there be anything good about it as long as the promiscuous whoring and sorceries of your mother Jezebel pollute the country?" ²³ Joram wheeled his chariot around and fled, yelling to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!" ²⁴ Jehu pulled on his bow and released an arrow; it hit Joram between the shoulder blades and went right through his heart. He slumped to his knees in his chariot. ²⁵Jehu ordered Bidkar, his lieutenant, "Quick—throw him into the field of Naboth of Jezreel. Remember when you and I were driving our chariots behind Ahab his father? That's when God pronounced this doom upon him: ‘As surely as I saw the blood of murdered Naboth and his sons yesterday, you'll pay for it on this exact piece of ground. God 's word!' So take him and throw him out in the field. God 's instructions carried out to the letter!"

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 5:32
When Noah was 500 years old, he had Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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.