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So he died according to the word of the Lord (Yahweh) that Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his place, in the second year of Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, because he had no son.
And Jehoram, son of Ahab (Hebr. Achav), began to reign in Israel in Samaria, in the 18th year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and reigned for 12 years. [Jehoram is the 9th king of the Northern Kingdom.]
And King Jehoram went out from Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
[Jehoram reigned over Judah for eight years (848-841 BC). He sins by marrying Ahab's daughter Athaliah, .]
In the fifth year of Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel [in the north], while Jehoshaphat was king of Judah [in the south], Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, became king of Judah.
[Ahaziah began to reign in 841 BC.]
And in the twelfth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. [In the first year, Joram reigned with his father Ahab, see also .]
And he went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-Gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was sick.
And Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. And Joram guarded (protected, preserved) Ramoth-Gilead from Hazael, king of Aram.
But King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Hazael, king of Aram. And Jehu said, "If this is your mind, let no one escape from the city and go and tell it in Jezreel."
And Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. And Ahaziah (Hebr. Achazjaho), king of Judah, had come down to see Joram.
And the watchman stood on the tower of Jezreel, and he saw Jehu's company as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Joram said, "Take a horseman, and send, and meet him, and let him say, 'Is it peace?
And Joram said, "Get ready," and they prepared his chariot. And Joram, king of Israel, and Ahaziah, king of Judah, went out and got into their chariots, and they went out to meet Jehu. They found him in the territory of Jezreel, in the land of Naboth.
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, "Shalom (all is well), Jehu?" And he said, "What shalom (how can all be well), as long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are so many?"
And Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, "It is treachery, Ahaziah."
And Jehu drew his bow with all his strength and struck Joram between his arms, and the arrow went into his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.
Ahaziah had begun to reign over Judah [the Southern Kingdom] in the 11th year of [the 9th king of the Northern Kingdom] Joram, son of Ahab.
[In the first year, Joram probably reigned together with his father. The year of accession was usually counted in the Southern Kingdom, while the year of accession was not counted in the Northern Kingdom. Hence the indication of 12 years in .]
It was also their advice that he followed when he went out with Joram, king of Israel, the son of Ahab, and fought against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth Gilead.
But Joram was wounded by the Arameans.
So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramah in the battle against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah,king of Judah , son of Joram, went down to visit Joram, son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.
But it was to Ahaziah's destruction that God had determined he should come to Joram. When he arrived there, he went with Joram to meet Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
