KJV King James Version
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
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2 Kings 9:29
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
WEB World English Bible
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
ASV American Standard Version
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 9
26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take [and] cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of the LORD.
27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw [this], he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. [And they did so] at the going up to Gur, which [is] by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, [Had] Zimri peace, who slew his master?
32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who [is] on my side? who? And there looked out to him two [or] three eunuchs.
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2 Chronicles 21:18-19And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.2 Chronicles 22:1-2And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.2 Kings 8:16And 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 8:24-25And 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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