2 Kings 8:17

New Century Version

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to rule, and he ruled eight years in Jerusalem.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Hebrew Names Version
Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Yerushalayim.

King James Version
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

English Standard Version
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

New English Translation
He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He was two and thirtie yere olde, when he began to reigne: and hee reigned eight yeere in Ierusalem.

Legacy Standard Bible
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he ruled eight years from Jerusalem.

Complete Jewish Bible
He was thirty-two years old when he began to rule, and he ruled eight years in Yerushalayim.

Darby Translation
He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jehoram was 32 years old when he began to rule. He ruled eight years in Jerusalem.

George Lamsa Translation
He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Good News Translation
at the age of thirty-two, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.

Lexham English Bible
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Literal Translation
And he was a son of thirty two years when he began his reign. And he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Two & thirtie yeare olde was he wha he was made kynge, & reigned eighte yeare at Ierusalem,

American Standard Version
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Bible in Basic English
He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thirtie and two yeres olde was he when he began to raigne, and he raigned eyght yeres in Hierusalem.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

King James Version (1611)
Thirtie and two yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and hee reigned eight yeeres in Ierusalem.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

English Revised Version
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He was of two and thretti yeer whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede eiyte yeer in Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
a son of thirty and two years was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.

Update Bible Version
He was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

World English Bible
Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

New King James Version
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

New Living Translation
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

New Life Bible
He was thirty-two years old when he became king. He ruled eight years in Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thirty-two years old, was he when he began to reign, and, eight years, reigned, he in Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He was two and thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Revised Standard Version
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ While Jehoshaphat was king in Judah, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah. This was during the fifth year Joram son of Ahab was king of Israel. ¹⁷ Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to rule, and he ruled eight years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸ He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the family of Ahab had done, because he married Ahab's daughter. Jehoram did what the Lord said was wrong. ¹⁹ But the Lord would not destroy Judah because of his servant David. The Lord had promised that one of David's descendants would always rule. ²⁰ In Jehoram's time Edom broke away from Judah's rule and chose their own king. ²¹ So Jehoram and all his chariots went to Zair. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders. Jehoram got up and attacked the Edomites at night, but his army ran away to their tents. ²² From then until now the country of Edom has fought against the rule of Judah. At the same time Libnah also broke away from Judah's rule. ²³ The other acts of Jehoram and all the things he did are written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah. ²⁴ Jehoram died and was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem, and Jehoram's son Ahaziah ruled in his place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3112-3119, bc 892-885, 2 Kings 8:17

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 1:17 - in the second 2 Kings 8:25 - General 2 Kings 8:26 - Two and twenty 2 Chronicles 21:1 - Jehoram 2 Chronicles 21:5 - Jehoram

Cross-References

Genesis 1:22
God blessed them and said, "Have many young ones so that you may grow in number. Fill the water of the seas, and let the birds grow in number on the earth."

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said, "Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Genesis 8:13
When Noah was six hundred and one years old, in the first day of the first month of that year, the water was dried up from the land. Noah removed the covering of the boat and saw that the land was dry.

Genesis 8:14
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the land was completely dry.

Genesis 8:15
Then God said to Noah,

Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Have many children; grow in number and fill the earth.

Genesis 9:7
"As for you, Noah, I want you and your family to have many children, to grow in number on the earth, and to become many."

Psalms 107:38
God blessed them, and they grew in number. Their cattle did not become fewer.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign,.... The second time, in the lifetime of his father:

and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem; which ended in the twelfth year of Joram king of Israel, 2 Kings 8:25.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The passage is parenthetic, resuming the history of the kingdom of Judah from 1 Kings 22:50.

2 Kings 8:16

The opening words are - “In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah;” but they contradict all the other chronological notices of Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 22:42, 1Ki 22:51; 2 Kings 3:1; 2 Chronicles 20:31, which give him a reign of at least twenty-three years. Hence, some have supposed that the words “Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah,” are accidentally repeated. Those, however, who regard them and 2 Kings 1:17 as sound, suppose that Jehoshaphat gave his son the royal title in his 16th year, while he advanced him to a real association in the empire seven years later, in his 23rd year. Two years afterward, Jehoshatphat died, and Jehoram became sole king.

2 Kings 8:17

The “eight years” are counted from his association in the kingdom. They terminate in the twelfth year of Johoram of Israel.

2 Kings 8:18

Jehoshaphat’s alliance, political and social, with Ahab and Ahab’s family had not been allowed to affect the purity of his faith. Jehoram his son, influenced by his wife, Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, “walked in the way of the kings of Israel;” he allowed, i. e., the introduction of the Baal-worship into Judaea.

Among the worst of Jehoram’s evil doings must be reckoned the cruel murder of his six brothers 2 Chronicles 21:4, whom he killed to obtain their wealth.

2 Kings 8:19

The natural consequence of Jehoram’s apostasy would have been the destruction of his house, and the transfer of the throne of Judah to another family. Compare the punishments of Jeroboam 1 Kings 14:10, Baasha 1 Kings 16:2-4, and Ahab 1 Kings 21:20-22. But the promises to David (marginal references) prevented this removal of the dynasty; and so Jehoram was punished in other ways 2Ki 8:22; 2 Chronicles 21:12-19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 8:17. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem. — Beginning with the fifth year of Joram, king of Israel. He reigned three years with Jehoshaphat his father, and five years alone; i.e., from A.M. 3112 to 3119, according to Archbishop Usher.