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BrLXX Ἐν ἔτει πέμπτῳ τῷ Ἰωρὰμ υἱῷ Ἀχαὰβ βασιλεῖ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ Ἰωσαφὰτ βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα, ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰωρὰμ υἱὸς Ἰωσαφὰτ βασιλεὺς Ἰούδα.
(En etei pemptōi tōi Yōram huiōi Aⱪaʼab basilei Israaʸl, kai Yōsafat basilei Youda, ebasileusen Yōram huios Yōsafat basileus Youda. )

BrTr In the fifth year [fn]of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, and while Josaphat was king of Juda, Joram the son of Josaphat king of Juda [fn]began to reign.

ULT And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, became king.

UST After King Joram son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.

BSB § In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.

OEB No OEB 2KI book available

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET In the fifth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king over Judah.

LSV And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel—and Jehoshaphat [is] king of Judah—Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, has reigned;

FBV Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, began his reign as king of Judah in the fifth year of the reign of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, while Jehoshaphat was still king of Judah.[fn]

8:16 This is clearly a co-regency.

T4T After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.

LEB Now in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Joram son of Jehoshaphat became the king of Judah.[fn]

8:16 This likely indicates a coregency in Judah at the time.

BBE In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

Moff No Moff 2KI book available

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

ASV 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.

DRA In the fifth year of Joram son of Achab king of Israel, and of Josaphat king of Juda, reigned Joram son of Josaphat king of Juda.

YLT And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel — and Jehoshaphat [is] king of Judah — hath Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah reigned;

Drby 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.

RV 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.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 ¶ 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.[fn]
(¶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Yudah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Yudah began to reign. )

8.16 began…: Heb. reigned

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]And in the fifth yeere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab king of Israel, Iehoshaphat being then king of Iudah, Iehoram the sonne of Iehoshaphat king of Iudah began to reigne.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

8:16 2. Chron. 21.4.

8:16 Hebr. reigned.

Bshps The fyft yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab king of Israel, Iehosaphat being also king of Iuda, Ioram the sonne of Iehosaphat king of Iuda began to raigne.
(The fifth year of Yoram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Yehosaphat being also king of Yudah, Yoram the son of Yehosaphat king of Yudah began to reign.)

Gnva Now in the fift yere of Ioram ye sonne of Ahab King of Israel, and of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, Iehoram the sonne of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah began to reigne.
(Now in the fifth year of Yoram ye/you_all son of Ahab King of Israel, and of Yehoshaphat King of Yudah, Yehoram the son of Yehoshaphat King of Yudah began to reign. )

Cvdl In the fyfth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab kynge of Israel, was Ioram ye sonne of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda.
(In the fifth year of Yoram the son of Achab king of Israel, was Yoram ye/you_all son of Yosaphat king of Yudah.)

Wycl In the fyuethe yeer of Joram, sone of Achab, kyng of Israel, and of Josephat, kyng of Juda, Joram, sone of Josephat, kyng of Juda, regnede.
(In the fifth year of Yoram, son of Achab, king of Israel, and of Yosephat, king of Yudah, Yoram, son of Yosephat, king of Yudah, reigned.)

Luth Im fünften Jahr Jorams, des Sohns Ahabs, des Königs Israels, ward Joram, der Sohn Josaphats, König in Juda.
(Im fünften Yahr Yorams, the sons Ahabs, the kings Israels, what/which Yoram, the/of_the son Yosaphats, king in Yuda.)

ClVg Anno quinto Joram filii Achab regis Israël, et Josaphat regis Juda, regnavit Joram filius Josaphat rex Juda.
(In_the_year quinto Yoram children Achab king Israel, and Yosaphat king Yuda, reigned Yoram son Yosaphat king Yuda. )

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Jehoram becomes king of Judah.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel

(Some words not found in UHB: and=in=year_of five of,Joram son_of ʼAḩʼāⱱ king Yisrael and,Jehoshaphat king Yehuda reign Yəhōrām/(Jehoram) son_of Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) king Yehuda )

This describes the time that Jehoram began to reign over Judah by stating how long Joram, the current king of Israel, had been reigning. Alternate translation: “In the fifth year that Jorman son of Ahab was king of Israel” or “In year five of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel”

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

(Occurrence 0) fifth year

(Some words not found in UHB: and=in=year_of five of,Joram son_of ʼAḩʼāⱱ king Yisrael and,Jehoshaphat king Yehuda reign Yəhōrām/(Jehoram) son_of Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) king Yehuda )

“year 5”

(Occurrence 0) Jehoram began to reign

(Some words not found in UHB: and=in=year_of five of,Joram son_of ʼAḩʼāⱱ king Yisrael and,Jehoshaphat king Yehuda reign Yəhōrām/(Jehoram) son_of Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) king Yehuda )

Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, became the king of Judah.

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Edom and Libnah Revolt

2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chronicles 21:1-11

Throughout history–from ancient times to modern–the death of a powerful leader has often initiated a cascade of political changes within the leader’s former sphere of influence, and the death of King Jehoshaphat of Judah was no different. The nation of Edom had been subjugated by King David of Israel (2 Samuel 8:13-14), and after the northern tribes of Israel broke away from the rule of David’s descendants in 930 B.C., Edom remained under the rule of Judah. By the end of the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, however, the political landscape had changed significantly. Edom’s neighbor Moab had already declared independence from Israel after the death of King Ahab just a few years earlier in 853 B.C. (2 Kings 1:1; 3:5), and they had even survived an attempt by King Jehoram of Israel to bring them back under his rule (2 Kings 3; see map). Their success may have emboldened Edom to seize upon a new window of opportunity to reestablish their own sovereignty when King Jehoshaphat died in 848 B.C. Edom, too, would survive an attempt by another King Jehoram–King Jehoram (or sometimes Joram) of Judah–to bring them back under his rule, and this apparently led the Levitical city of Libnah to revolt from Judah as well. After Edom declared their independence, Jehoram set out with his chariots and his army to attack Edom at Zair (probably the same as Zoar), but the Edomites and their chariot commanders surrounded his forces, and Jehoram’s army fled home.

Parallel 2KI 8:16

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Edom and Libnah Revolt