2 Kings 3:1

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Jehoram, son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria during the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and he reigned for twelve years.

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  • 2 Kgs 1:17 : 17 So Ahaziah died, just as the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken had declared. Since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.
  • 2 Kgs 8:16 : 16 In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, while Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah.
  • 1 Kgs 22:51 : 51 Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David, his father. And his son Jehoram succeeded him as king.

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

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

    17Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years.

    18He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had married Ahab's daughter. He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

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

    51Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David, his father. And his son Jehoram succeeded him as king.

    52Ahaziah son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel for two years.

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

    24Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.

    25In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.

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

    27He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD, like the house of Ahab had done, since he was related by marriage to the house of Ahab.

  • 2 Kgs 13:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

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

    2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin, and he did not turn away from them.

  • 2 Chr 21:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

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

    6He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had married a daughter of Ahab. So he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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

    28Omri rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king in his place.

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:41
    80%

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

  • 2 Kgs 9:29
    79%

    29In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.

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

    10In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for sixteen years.

    11He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin; he continued in them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    78%

    2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and mother; he removed the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

  • 2 Kgs 17:1
    77%

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

  • 2 Kgs 14:23
    76%

    23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned for forty-one years.

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

    17So Ahaziah died, just as the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken had declared. Since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.

    18The rest of the events of Ahaziah's reign and what he did are written in the Book of the Chronicles 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 Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 10:36
    75%

    36The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

  • 2 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the raiders who had come with the Arabs into the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king.

    2Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    75%

    6So King Jehoram left Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1
    75%

    1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam 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 reigned for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
    74%

    2But in the third year, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went down to visit the king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 18:1
    74%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:32
    74%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:17
    74%

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

  • 1 Chr 3:11
    74%

    11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, and Joash his son.

  • 2 Chr 34:1
    73%

    1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

  • 2 Chr 21:1
    72%

    1Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David. Then his son Jehoram became king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 16:1
    72%

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

  • 1 Kgs 15:25
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 17:1
    72%

    1Jehoshaphat, his son, became king in his place and strengthened himself against Israel.

  • 2 Chr 27:8
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 36:2
    71%

    2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 14:1
    71%

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

  • 2 Chr 21:12
    71%

    12Then Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah, which said, "This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: Because you have not followed 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 Azariah, king of Judah, Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for six months.

  • 2 Kgs 15:13
    71%

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

  • 2 Chr 36:5
    71%

    5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

  • 1 Kgs 15:9
    71%

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