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2 Kings 8:17

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He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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2 Kings 8:17 in other translations

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2 Kings 8:17 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 8:17 in context

  1. 15On the next day, he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.
  2. 16In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
  3. 17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
  4. 18He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house; for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.
  5. 19However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.