2 Kings 8:25

Ahaziah rules Judah

25 Ahaziah, the son of Judah's king Jehoram, became king in the twelfth year of Israel's King Joram, Ahab's son.

2 Kings 8:25 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 8:25

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel
did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
] He is called Jehoahaz, and said to be the youngest son of Jehoram, ( 2 Chronicles 21:17 ) .

2 Kings 8:25 In-Context

23 The rest of Jehoram's deeds and all that he accomplished, aren't they written in the official records of Judah's kings?

24 Jehoram died and was buried with his ancestors in David's City. His son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.

25 Ahaziah, the son of Judah's king Jehoram, became king in the twelfth year of Israel's King Joram, Ahab's son.

26 Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled for one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah; she was the granddaughter of Israel's King Omri.

27 He walked in the ways of Ahab's dynasty, doing what was evil in the LORD's eyes, just as Ahab's dynasty had done, because he had married into Ahab's family.

Footnotes

• [a] Heb Jehoram (also in 8:29); the king’s name is variously spelled in either long Jehoram or short Joram form.