2 Kings chapter 8, verse 16 through 29

Jehoram reigns in Judah.

In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was King of Judah,

Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah began to reign. He was 32 years old

when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked in the way of the

kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was

evil in the sight of the Lord, yet the Lord was not

willing to destroy Judah for the sake of David, his servant, since he promised to give a lamp

to him and to his sons forever. In the days, Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up a

king of their own. Then Joram passed over to Zaire with all his chariots

and rose by night, and he and his chariot commander struck the Edomites who had surrounded

him, but his army fled home. So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libna

revolted at the same time. Now the rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? So Joram slept with his fathers and was

buried with his fathers and the king of David, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

Ahaziah reigns in Judah.

In the 12th year of Joram, the sons of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah,

began to reign.

Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem.

His mother's name was Athaliah. She was a granddaughter of Amri,

king of Israel. He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the sight of

the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was son-in-law to the house of Ahab. He went with

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