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2Ki 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 3112. B.C. 892.
Jehoram		2Ki 1:17; 1Ki 22:50; 2Ch 21:1-20
began to reign		"Heb. reigned. ""Began to reign in concert with his father."""

Correlating Passages

Jehoram

	2Ki 1:17	So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
	1Ki 22:50	And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
	2Ch 21:1	Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
	2Ch 21:2	And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these [were] the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
	2Ch 21:3	And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he [was] the firstborn.
	2Ch 21:4	Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and [divers] also of the princes of Israel.
	2Ch 21:5	Jehoram [was] thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 8:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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