2 Kings 3:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

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  • 2 Kgs 1:17 : 17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his place in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, because he had no son.
  • 2 Kgs 8:16 : 16 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.
  • 1 Kgs 22:51 : 51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

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

    16And 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.

    17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

    18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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

    51Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

    52And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

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

    24And Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

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

    26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

    27And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son-in-law of the house 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 began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for seventeen years.

    2He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

  • 2 Chr 21:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

    5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

    6He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife; and he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.

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

    28So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:41
    80%

    41And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 9:29
    79%

    29And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.

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

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

    11He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, but he walked in them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    78%

    2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

  • 2 Kgs 17:1
    77%

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

  • 2 Kgs 14:23
    76%

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

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

    17So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his place in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, because he had no son.

    18Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not 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 began to reign over Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 15:1
    75%

    1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.

  • 2 Kgs 10:36
    75%

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

  • 2 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, reigned.

    2Ahaziah was forty-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.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    75%

    6So king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and numbered all Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1
    75%

    1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 16:23
    74%

    23In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
    74%

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

  • 2 Kgs 18:1
    74%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:32
    74%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:17
    74%

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

  • 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 began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

  • 2 Chr 21:1
    72%

    1Now Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David. And Jehoram his son ruled in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 16:1
    72%

    1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.

  • 1 Kgs 15:25
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 17:1
    72%

    1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.

  • 2 Chr 27:8
    72%

    8He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 36:2
    71%

    2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, 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 the son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
    71%

    12Elijah the prophet sent him a letter, saying, "This is what the LORD, the God of David your father, says: Because you have not followed the ways of Jehoshaphat your father or Asa king of Judah,

  • 2 Kgs 15:8
    71%

    8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.

  • 2 Kgs 15:13
    71%

    13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

  • 2 Chr 36:5
    71%

    5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

  • 1 Kgs 15:9
    71%

    9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.