2 Kings 8:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.”
2 Kings 8:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 8:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 8:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.”
2 Kings 8:16 — World English Bible
2 Kings 8:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. ”
2 Kings 8:16 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 8:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel--and Jehoshaphat <FI>is<Fi> king of Judah--hath Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah reigned;”
2 Kings 8:16 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 8:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign. ”
2 Kings 8:16 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 8:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Now in the fift yere of Ioram ye sonne of Ahab King of Israel, and of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, Iehoram the sonne of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah began to reigne.”
2 Kings 8:16 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 8:16 in Context — 2 Kings 8
14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
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What Does 2 Kings 8:16 Mean?
2 Kings 8:16 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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