2 Kings 8:16-18

Christian Standard Bible

Judah’s King Jehoram

¹⁶ In the fifth year^(A) of Israel’s King Joram^(B) son of Ahab, Jehoram^[a](C) son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah, replacing his father.^{[b](D) 17} He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.^{(E) 18} He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for Ahab’s daughter was his wife. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.^(F)