1 Kings 22 · Verse 51

1 Kings 22:51

Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
1 Kings 22:51, King James Version

1 Kings 22:51 in other translations

BSBIn the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
WEBAhaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
ASVAhaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
YLTAhaziah son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigneth over Israel two years,
DARBYAhaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he reigned two years over Israel.
BBEAhaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.
WebsterAhaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

What does 1 Kings 22:51 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 22:51-53
Ahaziah's reign was very short, not two years; some sinners God makes quick work with. A very bad character is given of him; he listened not to instruction, took no warning, but followed the example of his wicked father, and the counsel of his more wicked mother, Jezebel, who was still living. Miserable are the children who not only derive a sinful nature from their parents, but are taught by them to increase it; and most unhappy parents are they, that help to damn their children's souls. Hardened sinners rush forward, unawed and unmoved, in the ways from which others before them have been driven into everlasting misery.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Kings 22:51 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huAhaziahH274
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
אַחְאָ֗ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
מָלַ֤ךְma.Lakhhe became kingH4427
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbe.Sho.me.Ronin SamariaH8111
בִּשְׁנַת֙bish.Natin yearH8141
שְׁבַ֣עshe.Va'seven-H7651
עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה'es.RehteenH6240
לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖טli.ho.sha.Fatof JehoshaphatH3092
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he reignedH4427
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
שְׁנָתָֽיִם\׃she.na.Ta.yimtwo yearsH8141

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 22:51

  • 2 Kings 1:17

    So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

  • 1 Kings 15:25

    And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

  • 1 Kings 22:40

    So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3107-3108. B.C. 897-896. began."Now he begins to reign alone. ver. 40."
two years.
15:25; 2Ki 1:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 22:50

    And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kings 22:51

    Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

  • 1 Kings 22:52

    And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

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1 Kings 22:51 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y durmió Josaphat con sus padres, y fué sepultado con sus padres en la ciudad de David su padre; y en su lugar reinó Joram su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Josaphat s’endormit avec ses pères, et il fut enterré avec ses pères dans la ville de David, son père; et Joram, son fils, régna à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Josaphat legte sich zu seinen Vätern, und er wurde bei seinen Vätern begraben in der Stadt seines Vaters David. Und Joram, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dormivitque Josaphat cum patribus suis, et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David patris sui: regnavitque Joram filius ejus pro eo.