2 Kings 8:21 Explained in Context

Verse 16. 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.

Verse 17. ¹⁷ Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Verse 18. ¹⁸ And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

Verse 19. ¹⁹ Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

Verse 20. ²⁰ In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Verse 21. ²¹ So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

Verse 22. ²² Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

Verse 23. ²³ And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Verse 24. ²⁴ And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.