📖WEB · 2 Kings 8:25
What does 2 Kings 8:25 mean?
"In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign."
— 2 Kings 8:25 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
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.
He walked in the way of Ahab’s house, and did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as did Ahab’s house; for he was the son-in-law of Ahab’s house.
He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
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