2 Chronicles 21:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Chronicles 21:5

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Berean Standard Bible

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ Jehoram [was] thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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WEB

World English Bible

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Chronicles 21

³ Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

⁴ When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.

⁵ Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

⁶ And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

⁷ Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

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