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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

WEB 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.

WMB (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]

?:? 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.

MOF No MOF 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;

DBY 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.

WBS 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 Yudahh, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Yudahh began to reign. )

8.16 began…: Heb. reigned

KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 2KI book available

BB 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 fyft 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 raigne.)

GNV 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 fift year of Yoram ye/you_all son of Ahab King of Israel, and of Yehoshaphat King of Yudahh, Yehoram the son of Yehoshaphat King of Yudahh began to reigne. )

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

WYC 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 fivethe year of Yoram, son of Achab, king of Israel, and of Yosephat, king of Yudah, Yoram, son of Yosephat, king of Yudah, regnede.)

LUT 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, was Yoram, the son Yosaphats, king in Yuda.)

CLV Anno quinto Joram filii Achab regis Israël, et Josaphat regis Juda, regnavit Joram filius Josaphat rex Juda.
(Anno quinto Yoram children Achab king Israël, and Yosaphat king Yuda, regnavit Yoram filius Yosaphat rex Yuda. )

BRN 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.

8:16 Gr. to.

8:16 Gr. reigned.

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. )

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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 Ahab king Yisrael and,Jehoshaphat king Yehuda reign Jehoram son_of 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 Ahab king Yisrael and,Jehoshaphat king Yehuda reign Jehoram son_of 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 Ahab king Yisrael and,Jehoshaphat king Yehuda reign Jehoram son_of Jehoshaphat king Yehuda )

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

Parallel 2KI 8:16

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