2 Kings 8:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 8:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 8:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 8:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.”
2 Kings 8:16 — World English Bible
2 Kings 8:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
2 Kings 8:16 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 8:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel--and Jehoshaphat <FI>is<Fi> king of Judah--hath Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah reigned;”
2 Kings 8:16 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 8:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
2 Kings 8:16 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 8:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Now in the fift yere of Ioram ye sonne of Ahab King of Israel, and of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, Iehoram the sonne of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah began to reigne.”
2 Kings 8:16 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 8:16 in Context — 2 Kings 8
14 Y él se partió de Eliseo, y vino á su señor, el cual le dijo: ¿Qué te ha dicho Eliseo? Y él respondió: Díjome que seguramente vivirás.
15 El día siguiente tomó un paño basto, y metiólo en agua, y tendiólo sobre el rostro de Ben-adad, y murió: y reinó Hazael en su lugar.
16 En el quinto año de Joram hijo de Achâb rey de Israel, y siendo Josaphat rey de Judá, comenzó á reinar Joram hijo de Josaphat rey de Judá.
17 De treinta y dos años era cuando comenzó á reinar, y ocho años reinó en Jerusalem.
18 Y anduvo en el camino de los reyes de Israel, como hizo la casa de Achâb, porque una hija de Achâb fué su mujer; é hizo lo malo en ojos de Jehová.
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What Does 2 Kings 8:16 Mean?
2 Kings 8:16 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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