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2 Kings 9:29

Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.

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.)
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.
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 Jehu drove his chariot to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram.) 17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu's troops approaching. He said, "I see troops!" Jehoram ordered, "Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?'" 18 So the horseman went to meet him and said, "This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?'" Jehu replied, "None of your business! Follow me." The watchman reported, "The messenger reached them, but hasn't started back." 19 So he sent a second horseman out to them and he said, "This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?'" Jehu replied, "None of your business! Follow me." 20 The watchman reported, "He reached them, but hasn't started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; he drives recklessly." 21 Jehoram ordered, "Hitch up my chariot." When his chariot had been hitched up, King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out in their respective chariots to meet Jehu. They met up with him in the plot of land that had once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. 22 When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, "Is everything all right, Jehu?" He replied, "How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?" 23 Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off. He said to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!" 24 Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram's shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot. 25 Jehu ordered his officer Bidkar, "Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this judgment on him,

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
The entire lifetime of Adam was 930 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:20
The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:27
The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 9:11
I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth."
Genesis 9:25
So he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers."
Psalms 90:10
The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one's best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

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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