2 Kings 8:16–29
16 In the fifth year of Joramt son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoramu son of Jehoshaphat began his reign as king of Judah. 17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. 18 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughterv of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 19 Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroyw Judah. He had promised to maintain a lampx for David and his descendants forever.
20 In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.y 21 So Jehoramb went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home. 22 To this day Edom has been in rebellionz against Judah. Libnaha revolted at the same time.
23 As for the other events of Jehoram’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 24 Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king.
25 In the twelfthb year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah,c a granddaughter of Omrid king of Israel. 27 He followed the ways of the house of Ahabe and did evilf in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.
28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead.g The Arameans wounded Joram; 29 so King Joram returned to Jezreelh to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramothc in his battle with Hazaeli king of Aram.
Then Ahaziahj son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.