2 Kings 9:29
New International Version
(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.)

New Living Translation
Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab.

English Standard Version
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.

Berean Standard Bible
(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

King James Bible
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

New King James Version
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.

New American Standard Bible
Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

NASB 1995
Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

NASB 1977
Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

Amplified Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

Christian Standard Bible
It was in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab that Ahaziah had become king over Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It was in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab that Ahaziah had become king over Judah.

American Standard Version
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

Contemporary English Version
Ahaziah had become king of Judah in the eleventh year of the rule of Ahab's son Joram.

English Revised Version
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
(Ahaziah had become king of Judah in the eleventh year that Joram, Ahab's son, was king of Israel.)

Good News Translation
Ahaziah had become king of Judah in the eleventh year that Joram son of Ahab was king of Israel.

International Standard Version
Ahaziah had begun to reign over Judah in the eleventh year of the reign of Ahab's son Joram.

Majority Standard Bible
(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

NET Bible
Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.

New Heart English Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

World English Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah.

Smith's Literal Translation
And in the year, the eleventh year to Joram, son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Achab, Ochozias reigned over Juda,

Catholic Public Domain Version
In the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.

New American Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram, son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

New Revised Standard Version
In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And in the eleventh year of Yoram, son of Akhab, Ekhazyah was made king over Yehuda.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And in the eleventh year of Joram king of Israel, Ochozias began to reign over Juda.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah
28Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David. 29(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

Cross References
2 Kings 8:16-17
In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah. / Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

2 Chronicles 21:5-6
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. / And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 22:1-2
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. / Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

2 Kings 8:25-26
In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. / Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

2 Kings 10:13-14
Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.” / Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.

2 Chronicles 22:7-9
Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. / So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them. / Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.

1 Kings 22:51-53
In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. / Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.

2 Kings 3:1-3
In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made. / Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

2 Kings 1:17
So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.

2 Kings 8:18
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 21:4
When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.

2 Chronicles 21:20
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 22:10-12
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. / But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him. / And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

Matthew 1:8
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.

Matthew 1:9
Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.


Treasury of Scripture

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

in the eleventh

2 Kings 8:16,24
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 Chronicles 21:18,19
And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease…

2 Chronicles 22:1,2
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned…

began Ahaziah.

2 Chronicles 21:18,19
And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease…

2 Kings 8:25
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.

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2 Kings 9
1. Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead
4. The prophet having done his message, flees
11. Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth
27. Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem
30. Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.














In the eleventh year
This phrase sets a specific historical context, anchoring the events in a precise timeline. The eleventh year refers to the reign of Joram, king of Israel. The use of specific years in the biblical narrative underscores the importance of historical accuracy and divine orchestration in the unfolding of God's plan. The number eleven, while not as symbolically significant as other numbers in the Bible, still marks a period of transition and impending change, as seen in the subsequent events of Jehu's anointing and the overthrow of Joram.

of Joram son of Ahab
Joram, also known as Jehoram, was the son of Ahab, one of Israel's most infamous kings, known for his idolatry and opposition to the prophets of God. The mention of Joram as the son of Ahab serves as a reminder of the spiritual and moral decline that had permeated the northern kingdom of Israel. Ahab's legacy was one of apostasy and rebellion against God, and Joram's reign continued in this vein, setting the stage for divine judgment.

Ahaziah had become king over Judah
Ahaziah's ascension to the throne of Judah is significant in the narrative of the divided kingdoms. As the son of Jehoram and Athaliah, Ahaziah's lineage was tainted by the influence of Ahab's house, given that Athaliah was Ahab's daughter. This connection between the royal families of Israel and Judah highlights the pervasive influence of idolatry and the challenges faced by the southern kingdom in maintaining fidelity to Yahweh. Ahaziah's reign, though brief, is marked by his alliance with Joram, which ultimately leads to his downfall.

(29) In the eleventh year of Joram.--2Kings 8:25 says "in the twelfth year of Joram." Such a difference is not remarkable, inasmuch as the synchronisms between the reigns of the two kingdoms are not based upon exact records. Moreover, different computations might make the same year the eleventh or tweftth of Joram. (The verse is a parenthesis, and perhaps spurious.)

Verse 29. - And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Israel. In 2 Kings 8:25 the accession of Ahaziah is placed in Joram's twelfth, instead of his eleventh, year. The slight discrepancy is sufficiently explained By the double reckoning of a king's "first year," familiar to chronologists, either

(1) from the date of the accession to the end of the current civil year; or

(2) from the date of the accession to the same day in the ensuing year. Vers. 30-37. - Death of Jezebel.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
(In the eleventh
אַחַ֣ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 259: United, one, first

year
וּבִשְׁנַת֙ (ū·ḇiš·naṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8141: A year

of Joram
לְיוֹרָ֖ם (lə·yō·w·rām)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3141: Joram

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Ahab,
אַחְאָ֑ב (’aḥ·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 256: Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet

Ahaziah
אֲחַזְיָ֖ה (’ă·ḥaz·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 274: Ahaziah -- 'Yah has grasped', the name of several Israelites

had become king
מָלַ֥ךְ (mā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Judah.)
יְהוּדָֽה׃ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


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