2 Kings 3:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 1:17 : 17 So death came to him, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. And Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of the rule of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; because he had no son.
  • 2 Kgs 8:16 : 16 In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.
  • 1 Kgs 22:51 : 51 Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:16-18
    3 verses
    87%

    16In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

    17He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

    18He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 22:51-52
    2 verses
    86%

    51Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.

    52He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, going in the ways of his father and his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil.

  • 2 Kgs 8:24-27
    4 verses
    84%

    24And Joram went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David: and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

    25In the twelfth year that Joram, the son of Ahab, was king of Israel, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king;

    26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri, king of Israel.

    27He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Ahab did, for he was a son-in-law of the family of Ahab.

  • 2 Kgs 13:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1In the twenty-third year of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for seventeen years.

    2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do; he did not keep himself from them.

  • 2 Chr 21:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

    5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

    6He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 16:28-29
    2 verses
    83%

    28So Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.

    29In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel; and Ahab was king in Samaria for twenty-two years.

  • 1 Kgs 22:41
    80%

    41And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 9:29
    79%

    29(In the eleventh year of the rule of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.)

  • 2 Kgs 13:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10In the thirty-seventh year of the rule of Joash, king of Judah, Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for sixteen years.

    11He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do, but he went on with it.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    78%

    2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.

  • 2 Kgs 17:1
    77%

    1In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for nine years.

  • 2 Kgs 14:23
    76%

    23In the fifteenth year of the rule of Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, ruling for forty-one years.

  • 2 Kgs 1:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17So death came to him, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. And Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of the rule of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; because he had no son.

    18Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

  • 2 Chr 13:1
    76%

    1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 15:1
    75%

    1In the twenty-seventh year of the rule of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah, son of Amaziah, became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 10:36
    75%

    36And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

  • 2 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

    2Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    75%

    6At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1
    75%

    1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 16:23
    74%

    23In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and he was king for twelve years; for six years he was ruling in Tirzah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
    74%

    2And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 18:1
    74%

    1Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 15:32
    74%

    32In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham, the son of Uzziah, became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 15:17
    74%

    17In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Menahem, the son of Gadi, became king over Israel, and was ruling in Samaria for ten years.

  • 1 Chr 3:11
    74%

    11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

  • 2 Chr 34:1
    73%

    1Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

  • 2 Chr 21:1
    72%

    1And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 16:1
    72%

    1In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became king of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:25
    72%

    25Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.

  • 2 Chr 17:1
    72%

    1And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.

  • 2 Chr 27:8
    72%

    8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years.

  • 2 Chr 36:2
    71%

    2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.

  • 2 Kgs 14:1
    71%

    1In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash, became king of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
    71%

    12And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

  • 2 Kgs 15:8
    71%

    8In the thirty-eighth year of Azaliah, king of Judah, Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, was king over Israel for six months.

  • 2 Kgs 15:13
    71%

    13Shallum, the son of Jabesh, became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah; and he was ruling in Samaria for the space of one month.

  • 2 Chr 36:5
    71%

    5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

  • 1 Kgs 15:9
    71%

    9In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.