2 Kings 8 · Verse 29

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.
2 Kings 8:29, King James Version

2 Kings 8:29 in other translations

BSBSo King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
WEBKing Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
ASVAnd king Joram returned 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.
YLTand Joram the king turneth back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Arameans smite him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram, and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he is sick.
DARBYAnd king Joram returned to be healed in Jizreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab at Jizreel, for he was sick.
BBESo King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Kings 8:29 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Went back to be healed in Jezreel - And there he continued till Jehu conspired against and slew him there. And thus the blood of the innocents, which had been shed by Ahab and his wife Jezebel, was visited on them in the total extinction of their family. See the following chapters, where the bloody tale of Jehu's conspiracy is told at large. I Have already had to remark on the chronological difficulties which occur in the historical books; difficulties for which copyists alone are responsible. To remove them by the plan of reconciliation, is in many cases impracticable; to conjectural criticism we must have recourse. And is there a single ancient author of any kind, but particularly those who have written on matters of history and chronology, whose works have been transmitted to us free of similar errors, owing to the negligence of transcribers?

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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 8:29 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּשָׁב֩vai.ya.Shavand he returnedH7725
יוֹרָ֨םyo.RamJoramH3141
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣אle.hit.ra.Pe'to get himself healedH7495
בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלve.yiz.re.'Elin JezreelH3157
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַמַּכִּים֙ha.ma.Kimthe woundsH4347
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
יַכֻּ֤הוּya.Ku.huthey wounded himH5221
אֲרַמִּים֙'a.ra.Mim[the] ArameansH761
בָּֽרָמָ֔הba.ra.Mahat <the> RamahH7414
בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹbe.hi.La.cha.Mowhen fought heH3898
אֶת\־'et-withH854
חֲזָהאֵ֖לcha.za.h.'ElHazaelH2371
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
אֲרָ֑ם'a.RamAramH758
וַאֲחַזְיָ֨הוּva.'a.chaz.Ya.huand AhaziahH274
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
יְהוֹרָ֜םye.ho.RamJehoramH3088
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
יָרַ֡דya.Radhe went downH3381
לִרְא֞וֹתlir.'otto seeH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יוֹרָ֧םyo.RamJoramH3141
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אַחְאָ֛ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אלbe.yiz.re.'Elin JezreelH3157
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
חֹלֶ֥הcho.Leh[was] sickH2470
הֽוּא\׃\ \פHu'heH1931

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Cross references for 2 Kings 8:29

  • 2 Kings 9:15-16

    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. So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

  • 1 Kings 22:34

    And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

  • 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 Chronicles 22:5-7

    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. And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Joram.
9:15
which the Syrians had given. Heb. wherewith the Syrians hadwounded. Ramah. "Called Ramoth, ver. 28."
Ahaziah.
9:16; 2Ch 22:6,7
sick. Heb. wounded.
1Ki 22:34

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Context

  • 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 8:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el rey Joram se volvió á Jezreel, para curarse de las heridas que los Siros le hicieron delante de Ramoth, cuando peleó contra Hazael rey de Siria. Y descendió Ochôzías hijo de Joram rey de Judá, á visitar á Joram hijo de Achâb en Jezreel, porque estaba enfermo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi Joram s’en retourna à Jizreël pour se faire guérir des blessures que les Syriens lui avaient faites à Rama, lorsqu’il combattait contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie; et Achazia, fils de Joram, roi de Juda, descendit à Jizreël pour voir Joram, fils d’Achab, parce qu’il était malade.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da kehrte der König Joram zurück, um sich in Jisreel von den Wunden heilen zu lassen, welche ihm die Syrer zu Rama geschlagen hatten, als er wider Hasael, den König von Syrien, stritt. Und Ahasja, der Sohn Jorams, der König von Juda, zog hinab, um Joram, den Sohn Ahabs, in Jisreel zu besuchen, weil er krank war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui reversus est ut curaretur in Jezrahel, quia vulneraverant eum Syri in Ramoth præliantem contra Hazaël regem Syriæ. Porro Ochozias filius Joram rex Juda descendit invisere Joram filium Achab in Jezrahel, quia ægrotabat ibi.