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.
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Gill's Exposition
And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,.... Who began his reign in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, Kg2 3:1.
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah; as he continued to be two…
The passage is parenthetic, resuming the history of the kingdom of Judah from 1Ki 22:50. 2Ki 8:16 The opening words are - “In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, and of Jehoshaphat,…
Adam Clarke
In the fifth year of Joram - This verse, as it stands in the present Hebrew text, may be thus read: "And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, [and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah],…
We have here a brief account of the life and reign of Jehoram (or Joram), one of the worst of the kings of Judah, but the son and successor of Jehoshaphat, one of the best. Note, 1. Parents cannot…
Cambridge Bible
Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. His wars with Edom and Libnah (2Ch 21:1-20)
16. In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab On the difficulties connected with the chronology of this…
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