2 Kings 9 · Verse 29

2 Kings 9:29

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
2 Kings 9:29, King James Version

2 Kings 9:29 in other translations

BSB(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
WEBIn the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
ASVAnd in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
YLTAnd in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah.
DARBY(And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab had Ahaziah begun to reign over Judah.)
BBE(In the eleventh year of the rule of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.)
WebsterAnd in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

What does 2 Kings 9:29 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 In the eleventh year of Joram - The note in our margin contains as good an account of this chronological difficulty as can be reasonably required: Then he began to reign as viceroy to his father in his sickness; 2Chr 21:18, 2Chr 21:19. But in Joram's twelfth year he began to reign alone; 2Kgs 8:26.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 9:16-29

Jehu was a man of eager spirit. The wisdom of God is seen in the choice of those employed in his work. But it is not for any man's reputation to be known by his fury. He that has rule over his own spirit, is better than the mighty. Joram met Jehu in the portion of Naboth. The circumstances of events are sometimes ordered by Divine Providence to make the punishment answer to the sin, as face answers to face in a…

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2 Kings 9:29 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.

וּבִשְׁנַת֙u.vish.Natand in yearH8141
אַחַ֣ת'a.Chatone [plus]H259
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'es.RehtenH6240
שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141
לְיוֹרָ֖םle.yo.Ramof JoramH3141
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
מָלַ֥ךְma.Lakhhe had become kingH4427
אֲחַזְיָ֖ה'a.chaz.YahAhaziahH274
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יְהוּדָֽה\׃ye.hu.DahJudahH3063

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 9:29

  • 2 Chronicles 21:18-19

    And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

  • 2 Kings 8:24-25

    And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

  • 2 Chronicles 22:1-2

    And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

  • 2 Kings 8:16

    And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in the eleventh.
8:16,24; 2Ch 21:18,19; 22:1,2
began Ahaziah."Then he began to reign as viceroy to his father in his sickness."
2Ch 21:18,19"But in Joram's twelfth year, he began to reign alone. ch. 8:25."

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Context

  • 2 Kings 9:28

    And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

  • 2 Kings 9:29

    And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

  • 2 Kings 9:30

    And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

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2 Kings 9:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En el undécimo año de Joram hijo de Achâb, comenzó á reinar Ochôzías sobre Judá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Or la onzième année de Joram, fils d’Achab, Achazia avait commencé de régner sur Juda.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und im elften Jahre Jorams, des Sohnes Ahabs, war Ahasja König geworden über Juda.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Anno undecimo Joram filii Achab, regnavit Ochozias super Judam,