2 Kings 8:16

_AND 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._ Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat ... began to reign - (see the notes at 2 Kings 3:1.) His father resigned the throne to him two years before his death....

16-24 A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union with an idolatrous family....

Verse 2 Kings 8:16. _IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF JORAM_] This verse, as it stands in the present Hebrew text, may be thus read: "And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, [and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah,] reigned Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah." The three Hebrew words, ויהושפט מלך יהודה, _and of Jehoshaphat king_ _of Judah_, greatly disturb the chronology in this place. It is certain that Jehoshaphat reigned _twenty-five_ years, and that Jehoram his son reigned but _eight_; 1 Kings 22:42; 2 Kings 8:17; 2 Chronicles 20:31;...

The passage is parenthetic, resuming the history of the kingdom of Judah from 1 Kings 22:50. 2 Kings 8:16 The opening words are - “In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah;” but they contradict all the other chronological notices of Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 22:42, 1Ki 22:51; 2 Kings 3:1; 2 Chronicles 20:31, which give him a reign of at least twenty-three years. Hence, some have supposed that the wo

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 8:1 THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL; AND THE WICKED REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH IN JUDAH. 2 KINGS 8:1 Elisha is still the _protagonistes_ of the historical drama. The writer brings together in the present section two more occasions of a public character in which he was c

AND IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF JORAM THE SON OF AHAB KING OF ISRAEL,.... Who began his reign in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, 2 Kings 3:1. JEHOSHAPHAT BEING THEN KING OF JUDAH; as he continued to be two years more; for this must be in the twenty third year of his reign, and he reigned twenty five years, 1 Kings 22:42. JEHORAM THE SON OF JEHOSHAPHAT KING OF JUDAH BEGAN TO REIGN; according to Dr. Lightfoot h, there were three beginnings of his reign; "first", when his father went with Ahab to Ramothgilead, when be was left viceroy, and afterwards his father reassumed the kingdom; the "second" time was, when Jehoshaphat went with the kings of Israel and Edom against Moab; and this is the time here respected, which was in the fifth of Joram king of Israel; and the "third" t

JEHORAM Called Joram, (2 Kings 8:21); (2 Kings 8:23); (2 Kings 8:24). BEGAN Hebrew, reigned, that is, began to reign in consort with his father....

ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE. HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA. This chapter is somewhat varied as to composition. It opens with a short story about Elisha (2 Kings 8:1), of which we may presuppose (_a_) that it is earlier than 5, because Gehazi (2 Kings 8:4) is not a leper; (b) that the king of Israel is an admirer of the prophet, By Elisha's advice the Shunammite lady, whose husband is apparently dead, leaves her home to avoid a famine (_cf_. Ruth 1:1), and her lands were restored when the king ascertained who she was. 2 Kings 8:6 is a second narrative of the prophet. Jehoram must have been king of Israel at the time, as Hazael was contemporary with Jehu. Th

JEHOSHAPHAT BEING THEN KING. Jehoram associated with him in Joram's filth year, and reigned solely in Joram's sixth year. Compare 2 Kings 9:29. Joram (of Ahab) began in Jehoshaphat's eighteenth year (2 Kings 3:1). His fifth year is therefore Jehoshaphat's twenty-third year, when Jehoram is associated with him as king, in the third year before his death. See App-50. BEGAN TO REIGN: i.e. in consort with his father....

Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. His wars with Edom and Libnah (2 Chronicles 21:1-20) 16. _In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab_ On the difficulties connected with the chronology of this period, see above on 2 Kings 1:17. On the strength of the words in this verse -Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah" it is supposed that Jehoram king of Judah was co-regent with his father. But, as is noted on the margin of R.V., some ancient authorities omit the sentence which makes father and son to be reigning together. The chief difficulty is introduced by the words of 2 Kings 1:17, which make Joram the son of Ahab commence his reign in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat of