2 Kings 8:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.”
2 Kings 8:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 8:26 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 8:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.”
2 Kings 8:26 — World English Bible
2 Kings 8:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.”
2 Kings 8:26 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 8:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“a son of twenty and two years <FI>is<Fi> Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Athaliah daughter of Omri king of Israel,”
2 Kings 8:26 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 8:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. ”
2 Kings 8:26 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 8:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Two and twentie yeere olde was Ahaziah when he began to reigne, and he reigned one yere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri King of Israel.”
2 Kings 8:26 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 8:26 in Context — 2 Kings 8
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth–gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
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What Does 2 Kings 8:26 Mean?
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