Jehoram (son of Ahab)
여호람 (아합의 아들)
Named at 2 Kings 1:17, which says of the king who died according to the LORD’s word which Elijah had spoken, “Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son.” 3:1 says, “Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years”, and 3:2–3, “He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made. Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from them.” At 3:6–7 King Jehoram goes out of Samaria, musters all Israel, and sends to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” At 3:9–13 the king of Israel goes with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and when there is no water he says, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab”; and Elisha says to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The Korean Revised Version puts the words that the king had no son before the accession at 1:17: 저가 아들이 없으므로 여호람이 대신하여 왕이 되니 (because he had no son, Jehoram reigned in his place). 2 Kings 8:16 says that Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign “In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel”, and 8:25 that Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign “In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel”. At 8:28–29 the Syrians wound Joram, and King Joram returns to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria; and Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, goes down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. 8:28 does not name the one who went with Joram to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead (WEB “He”, the Korean Revised Version 저가). In these verses the Korean Revised Version calls him 요람, Joram, and WEB Joram and King Joram. 2 Kings 9:14–15 says, when Jehu conspires against Joram, “Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria; but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria”, and 9:16, “for Joram lay there.” At 9:21 Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah go out, each in his chariot, to meet Jehu, and find him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land; at 9:22 Joram says, “Is it peace, Jehu?”, and the answer is, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?” At 9:23–24 Joram turns his hands and flees, and says to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”, and Jehu draws his bow with his full strength, and strikes Joram between his arms; the arrow goes out at his heart, and he sinks down in his chariot. At 9:25–26 Jehu tells Bidkar his captain to pick him up and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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- 2CH 22:5–7, engwebp
5He also followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
6He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
7Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram; for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off Ahab’s house.
- 2KI 1:17–18, engwebp
17So he died according to the LORD’s word which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son.
18Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2KI 3:1–3, engwebp
1Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
3Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from them.
- 2KI 3:4–8, engwebp
4Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.
5But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
7He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
- 2KI 3:9–12, engwebp
9So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
10The king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
11But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”
12Jehoshaphat said, “The LORD’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
- 2KI 3:13–15, engwebp
13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
14Elisha said, “As the LORD of Armies lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
15But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, the LORD’s hand came on him.
- 2KI 8:16–19, engwebp
16In 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.
17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
19However, the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
- 2KI 8:25–27, engwebp
25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27He walked in the way of Ahab’s house and did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, as did Ahab’s house, for he was the son-in-law of Ahab’s house.
- 2KI 8:28–29, engwebp
28He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2KI 9:14–16, engwebp
14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
15but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, “If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.”
16So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.
- 2KI 9:17–20, engwebp
17Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”
18So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “the king says, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!” The watchman said, “The messenger came to them, but he isn’t coming back.”
19Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them and said, “The king says, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”
20The watchman said, “He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”
- 2KI 9:21–26, engwebp
21Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.
22When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”
23Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”
24Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him:
26‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to the LORD’s word.”
- 2KI 9:27–29, engwebp
27But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!” They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in David’s city.
29In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
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Unresolved interpretation: The LORD’s word at 1 Kings 21:19 and 21:29, and the dogs at 22:38
- 1 Kings 21:17–19 says that the LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, telling him to go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria, and to speak to him, saying, “The LORD says, ‘In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.’”
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- 1KI 21:17–19, engwebp
17The LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18“Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
19You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
- 1KI 21:17–19, engwebp
- 1 Kings 21:27–29 says that when Ahab tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body and fasted, the LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, “See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”
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- 1KI 21:27–29, engwebp
27When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.
28The LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29“See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”
- 1KI 21:27–29, engwebp
- 1 Kings 22:34–37 says that a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor, and that the king died at evening, and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria; and 22:38 says, “They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke.”
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- 1KI 22:29–38, engwebp
29So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
30The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes.” The king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.
31Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, “Don’t fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.”
32When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely that is the king of Israel!” and they came over to fight against him. Jehoshaphat cried out.
33When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
34A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around, and carry me out of the battle, for I am severely wounded.”
35The battle increased that day. The king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
36A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”
37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
38They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke.
- 1KI 22:29–38, engwebp
- 2 Kings 9:21 says that Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out to meet Jehu, “and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.” At 9:24–26, after Jehu struck Joram between his arms, Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him: ‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to the LORD’s word.”
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- 2KI 9:21–26, engwebp
21Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.
22When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”
23Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”
24Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him:
26‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to the LORD’s word.”
- 2KI 9:21–26, engwebp
1 Kings 21:19 says that the LORD told Elijah to say to Ahab, “The LORD says, ‘In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours’”, and 21:29 that the LORD said, “Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.” 22:38 says, “They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke.” 2 Kings 9:25–26 gives, in Jehu’s mouth, a word of the LORD, “‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD”, and has Jehu tell Bidkar his captain to throw Joram, the son of Ahab, in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. The text does not say where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, whether the pool of Samaria is the place 21:19 speaks of, which word of the LORD 22:38 means, or how 22:38 stands with 21:29; nor does it say how the word of 2 Kings 9:25–26 stands with 21:19, 21:29 and 22:38. This collection records what each of the four passages says and does not decide these things.
Unresolved interpretation: Jehoram of 1 Kings 22:50 and Joram of Matthew 1:8
- Matthew 1:8 says in the genealogy, “Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.”
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- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
3Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
4Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
5Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
6Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
7Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
8Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
9Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
10Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
11Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
13Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.
14Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.
15Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
16Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
- 1 Kings 22:41 says, “Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel”, and 22:50, “Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city. Jehoram his son reigned in his place.”
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- 1KI 22:41–50, engwebp
41Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in the LORD’s eyes. However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
44Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he fought, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
47There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.
48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
49Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat would not.
50Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city. Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
- 1KI 22:41–50, engwebp
- 2 Kings 8:16 says, “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”; 8:21, “Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him”; and 8:24, “Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.” The Korean Revised Version calls the son of Jehoshaphat 여호람 throughout 8:16–24; WEB calls him Jehoram at 8:16 and Joram at 8:21, 8:23 and 8:24, and calls the son of Ahab Joram too (8:16, 8:25, 8:28–29).
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- 2KI 8:16–19, engwebp
16In 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.
17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
19However, the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
- 2KI 8:20–22, engwebp
20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
21Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him with the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
22So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
- 2KI 8:23–24, engwebp
23The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 2KI 8:16–19, engwebp
Matthew 1:8 says that Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram; 1 Kings 22:50 says that Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, reigned in his place; and 2 Kings 8:16–24 tells how the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign and slept with his fathers. Both editions read 요람 / Joram at Matthew 1:8 and 여호람 / Jehoram at 1 Kings 22:50. At 2 Kings 8:16–24 the Korean Revised Version reads 여호람, and WEB reads Jehoram at 8:16 and Joram at 8:21, 8:23 and 8:24; the same chapter calls the son of Ahab 요람 / Joram too. The text does not say that Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat is the Joram of Matthew 1:8. This collection records Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat apart from the Joram of Matthew 1:8 (Joram the son of Ahab is another entry again), and does not decide whether they are the same man.
Unresolved interpretation: King Joram of 2 Kings 11:2
- 2 Kings 8:23–24 says, “The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.” The Korean Revised Version names him 여호람 (Jehoram) in both verses.
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- 2KI 8:23–24, engwebp
23The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 2KI 8:23–24, engwebp
- 2 Kings 8:28 says that the Syrians wounded Joram the son of Ahab in the war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and 8:29 says, “King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.” The Korean Revised Version reads 요람왕 for “King Joram” and 아합의 아들 요람 for “Joram the son of Ahab”, and names Ahaziah’s father 여호람 (Jehoram).
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- 2KI 8:28–29, engwebp
28He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2KI 8:28–29, engwebp
- 2 Kings 11:1–2 says, “Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.” The Korean Revised Version reads 요람왕 for “King Joram”.
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- 2KI 11:1–3, engwebp
1Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
2But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
3He was with her hidden in the LORD’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
- 2KI 11:1–3, engwebp
2 Kings 11:2 calls Jehosheba “the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah”, and does not say whose son that King Joram is. The Korean Revised Version names Ahaziah’s father 여호람 (Jehoram) at 8:23–24 and 8:29; WEB names him “Joram” at 8:23–24 and “Jehoram” at 8:29. The Korean Revised Version names the son of Ahab 요람 and 요람왕 at 8:28–29; WEB names him “Joram” and “King Joram”. The text does not say which of these two kings the King Joram of 11:2 is. This collection gives Jehosheba no father, records Jehosheba and Ahaziah as brother and sister, as 11:2 says, and does not decide which king is meant.
All 11 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
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Ahab — Father of — Jehoram (son of Ahab)
Evidence: 2 Kings 3:1–3, 2 Kings 8:16–19, 2 Kings 8:25–27, 2 Kings 8:28–29, 2 Kings 9:21–26, 2 Kings 9:27–29
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Jezebel (daughter of Ethbaal) — Mother of — Jehoram (son of Ahab)
Evidence: 2 Kings 9:21–26
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Took part in (9) — Ahaziah dies, and Jehoram reigns in his place, Jehoram the son of Ahab reigns over Israel in Samaria and puts away the pillar of Baal, When the king of Moab rebels, King Jehoram musters all Israel and asks Jehoshaphat the king of Judah to go with him, The three kings march seven days without water, and Jehoshaphat asks for a prophet of the LORD, What Elisha says to the king of Israel, his oath, and the musician, The Syrians wound Joram the son of Ahab, and Ahaziah goes down to Jezreel to see him, Jehu conspires against Joram and rides in a chariot to Jezreel, The watchman on the tower in Jezreel sees the company of Jehu, and the two sent on horseback do not come back, Jehu strikes Joram between his arms and tells Bidkar to throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth
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Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.
Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”
Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.
When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”
Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”
Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Jehoram (son of Ahab) (person-jehoram-ahab) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/jehoram-ahab Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 1:17, which says of the king who died according to the LORD’s word which Elijah had spoken, “Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son.” 3:1 says, “Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years”, and 3:2–3, “He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made. Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from them.” At 3:6–7 King Jehoram goes out of Samaria, musters all Israel, and sends to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” At 3:9–13 the king of Israel goes with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and when there is no water he says, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab”; and Elisha says to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The Korean Revised Version puts the words that the king had no son before the accession at 1:17: 저가 아들이 없으므로 여호람이 대신하여 왕이 되니 (because he had no son, Jehoram reigned in his place). 2 Kings 8:16 says that Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign “In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel”, and 8:25 that Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign “In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel”. At 8:28–29 the Syrians wound Joram, and King Joram returns to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria; and Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, goes down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. 8:28 does not name the one who went with Joram to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead (WEB “He”, the Korean Revised Version 저가). In these verses the Korean Revised Version calls him 요람, Joram, and WEB Joram and King Joram. 2 Kings 9:14–15 says, when Jehu conspires against Joram, “Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria; but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria”, and 9:16, “for Joram lay there.” At 9:21 Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah go out, each in his chariot, to meet Jehu, and find him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land; at 9:22 Joram says, “Is it peace, Jehu?”, and the answer is, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?” At 9:23–24 Joram turns his hands and flees, and says to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”, and Jehu draws his bow with his full strength, and strikes Joram between his arms; the arrow goes out at his heart, and he sinks down in his chariot. At 9:25–26 Jehu tells Bidkar his captain to pick him up and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. Cited evidence: 2CH 22:5–7, engwebp / 2KI 1:17–18, engwebp / 2KI 3:1–3, engwebp / 2KI 3:4–8, engwebp / 2KI 3:9–12, engwebp / 2KI 3:13–15, engwebp / 2KI 8:16–19, engwebp / 2KI 8:25–27, engwebp (and 5 more of 13) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.