2 Kings 9:29 meaning and explanation

(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

2 Kings 9:29, Berean Standard Bible

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This brief parenthetical note fixes the chronology of Ahaziah, king of Judah, within the wider story of Jehu's coup. The narrator has just described Ahaziah's death while fleeing Jehu, and here steps back to date his reign: he became king in the eleventh year of Joram of Israel.

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