2Ki 1:17 | HCSB | STEP | Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken . Since he had no son , Joram became king in his place . This happened in the second year of Judah’s King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat .

2 Kings 1:17

17 Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken. Since he had no son, Joram ^{▼▼Lit Jehoram; 2Kg 8:16
,} ^b became king in his place. This happened in the second year of Judah’s King Jehoram ^c son of Jehoshaphat. ^{▼▼LXX omits in the second year . . . Jehoshaphat}