17 So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead in the second year of [a]Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:17 Jehoshaphat going to battle against the Syrians, made his son Jehoram king in the 17th year of his reign: and in the 18th year which was the second year of his son, Jehoram the son of Ahab reigned in Israel: and in the fifth year of this Jehoram Jehoshaphat died, and the kingdom of Judah was confirmed to his son.

17 So he died,(A) according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken.

Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram[a](B) succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.

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  1. 2 Kings 1:17 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram