Scripture · Old Testament
2 Chronicles 21:5
2 Chronicles 21:5 is verse 5 of 2 Chronicles chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
King James Version
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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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2 Chronicles 21:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
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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