2 Kings 8:16-21

Jehoram Reigns in Judah

16In the fifth year of aJoram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah,
Septuagint, Syriac lack  when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign.
17He was cthirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for dthe daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. 19Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, esince he promised to give fa lamp to him and to his sons forever.

20In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up ga king of their own. 21Then Joram
 Joram is an alternate spelling of Jehoram (the son of Jehoshaphat) as in verse 16; also verses 23, 24
passed over to Zair with all his chariots and rose by night, and he and his chariot commanders struck the Edomites who had surrounded him, but his army ifled home.
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