KJV King James Version
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
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1 Kings 22:51
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
WEB World English Bible
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Ahaziah son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigneth over Israel two years,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 22
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּH274 · a.chaz.yahAhaziahבֶן־H1121 · benson: childאַחְאָ֗בH256 · ach.avAhabמָלַ֤ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignעַל־H5921 · aluponיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןH8111 · sho.me.ronSamariaבִּשְׁנַת֙H8141 · sha.nehyearשְׁבַ֣עH7651 · she.vasevenעֶשְׂרֵ֔הH6240 · a.sartenלִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖טH3092 · ye.ho.sha.phatJehoshaphatמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignעַל־H5921 · aluponיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelשְׁנָתָֽיִם׃H8141 · sha.nehyear
Cross-references
2 Kings 1:17So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.1 Kings 22:40So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.1 Kings 15:25And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
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