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Another Jehoram Reigns in Judah

16 Now in the fifth year of [a]Joram (Jehoram) the son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king. 17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. 18 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for [Athaliah] the daughter of Ahab became his wife. He did [b]evil in the sight of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:16 Jehoram, king of Israel is sometimes referred to as Joram in the Hebrew.
  2. 2 Kings 8:18 King Jehoram of Judah introduced and encouraged the worship of Baal in Judah.

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