1 Kings 22:51 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.”
1 Kings 22:51 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 22:51 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 22:51 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.”
1 Kings 22:51 — World English Bible
1 Kings 22:51 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. ”
1 Kings 22:51 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 22:51 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Ahaziah son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigneth over Israel two years,”
1 Kings 22:51 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 22:51 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he reigned two years over Israel.”
1 Kings 22:51 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 22:51 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Ahaziah the sonne of Ahab began to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, the seuenteenth yeere of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, and reigned two yeeres ouer Israel.”
1 Kings 22:51 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 22:51 in Context — 1 Kings 22
49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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What Does 1 Kings 22:51 Mean?
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