¹⁷ Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken. Since he had no son, Joram^[a](A) became king in his place. This happened in the second year of Judah’s King Jehoram^(B) son of Jehoshaphat.^[b]

Israel’s King Joram

3 Joram son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria during the eighteenth year of Judah’s King Jehoshaphat, and he reigned for twelve years.^(A)