2 Kings 8 · Verse 28

2 Kings 8:28

And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth–gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
2 Kings 8:28, King James Version

2 Kings 8:28 in other translations

BSBThen Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
WEBHe went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
ASVAnd he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.
YLTAnd he goeth with Joram son of Ahab to battle with Hazael king of Aram in Ramoth-Gilead, and the Aramaeans smite Joram,
DARBYAnd he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael the king of Syria at Ramoth-Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
BBEHe went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the Aramaeans.
WebsterAnd he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

What does 2 Kings 8:28 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 The Syrians wounded Joram - Ahaziah went with Joram to endeavor to wrest Ramoth-gilead out of the hands of the Syrians, which belonged to Israel and Judah. Ahab had endeavored to do this before, and was slain there; see 1Kgs 22:3 (note), etc., and the notes there.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 8:25-29

Names do not make natures, but it was bad for Jehoshaphat's family to borrow names from Ahab's. Ahaziah's relation to Ahab's family was the occasion of his wickedness and of his fall. When men choose wives for themselves, let them remember they are choosing mothers for their children. Providence so ordered it, that Ahaziah might be cut off with the house of Ahab, when the measure of their iniquity was full. Those…

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2 Kings 8:28 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּ֜לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
אֶת\־'et-withH854
יוֹרָ֣םyo.RamJoramH3141
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אַחְאָ֗ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
לַמִּלְחָמָ֛הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421
עִם\־'im-withH5973
חֲזָהאֵ֥לcha.za.h.'ElHazaelH2371
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אֲרָ֖ם'a.RamAramH758
בְּרָמֹ֣תbe.ra.Motat RamothH7418
גִּלְעָ֑דgil.'AdGileadH1568
וַיַּכּ֥וּvai.ya.Kuand they woundedH5221
אֲרַמִּ֖ים'a.ra.Mim[the] ArameansH761
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יוֹרָֽם\׃yo.RamJoramH3141

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Cross references for 2 Kings 8:28

  • 2 Chronicles 22:5

    He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth–gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

  • 1 Kings 22:29

    So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth–gilead.

  • 2 Kings 8:12-13

    And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

  • 2 Kings 3:7

    And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

  • 2 Kings 9:15

    But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

  • 2 Kings 8:15

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:2-3

    And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth–gilead. And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth–gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:2

    And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 19:17

    And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:31

    And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

  • Joshua 21:38

    And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

  • 1 Kings 4:13

    The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3120. B.C. 884. he went.
3:7; 9:15; 1Ki 22:4; 2Ch 18:2,3,31; 19:2; 22:5
Hazael.
12,13; 1Ki 19:17
Ramoth-gilead.
Jos 21:38; 1Ki 4:13; 22:3

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Context

  • 2 Kings 8:27

    And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

  • 2 Kings 8:28

    And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth–gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

  • 2 Kings 8:29

    And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

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2 Kings 8:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué á la guerra con Joram hijo de Achâb á Ramoth de Galaad, contra Hazael rey de Siria; y los Siros hirieron á Joram.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il alla avec Joram, fils d’Achab, à la guerre contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie, à Ramoth de Galaad. Et les Syriens blessèrent Joram.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er zog mit Joram, dem Sohne Ahabs, in den Streit wider Hasael, dem König von Syrien, nach Ramoth-Gilead. Und die Syrer verwundeten Joram.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Abiit quoque cum Joram filio Achab ad præliandum contra Hazaël regem Syriæ in Ramoth Galaad, et vulneraverunt Syri Joram.