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Text -- 2 Kings 8:16-24 (NET)
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Jehoram’s Reign over Judah
8:16 In the fifth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram , son of Ahab , Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king over Judah .
8:17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem .
8:18 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel , just as Ahab’s dynasty had done , for he married Ahab’s daughter . He did evil in the sight of the Lord .
8:19 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah . He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty .
8:20 During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king .
8:21 Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots . The Edomites , who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers . The Israelite army retreated to their homeland .
8:22 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day . At that same time Libnah also rebelled.
8:23 The rest of the events of Joram’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments , are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah .
8:24 Joram passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David . His son Ahaziah replaced him as king .
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:16 The Hebrew text reads, “and in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, and [or, ‘while’?] Jehoshaphat [was?] king of Jud...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:17 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:19 Heb “just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dyn...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:20 Heb “in his days Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah and enthroned a king over them.”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:23 Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Joram and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Jud...
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