KJV King James Version
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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2 Kings 8:24
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
WEB World English Bible
Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joram lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaziah his son in his stead.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 8
21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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.
26 Two and twenty years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as [did] the house of Ahab: for he [was] the son in law of the house of Ahab.
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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downיוֹרָם֙H3141 · yo.ramJoramעִם־H5973 · imwithאֲבֹתָ֔יוH1 · avfatherוַיִּקָּבֵ֥רH6912 · qa.varto buryעִם־H5973 · imwithאֲבֹתָ֖יוH1 · avfatherבְּעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementדָּוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignאֲחַזְיָ֥הוּH274 · a.chaz.yahAhaziahבְנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 21:1Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.2 Chronicles 25:23And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.2 Chronicles 22:6And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.2 Chronicles 21:17And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.2 Chronicles 21:20Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.1 Kings 2:10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.1 Kings 11:43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.1 Kings 14:31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.1 Chronicles 3:11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,1 Kings 14:20And the days which Jeroboam reigned [were] two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
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