Jehoram of Judah
| Jehoram | |
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Jehoram from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553
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| King of Judah | |
| Reign | c. 849 – 842 BCE (sole reign) |
| Predecessor | Jehoshaphat |
| Successor | Ahaziah |
| Born | c. 882 BCE |
| Died | c. 842 BCE (aged 39 or 40) |
| Burial | City of David |
| Consort | Athaliah of Israel |
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Ahaziah, King of Judah Jehosheba |
| Dynasty | House of David |
| Father | Jehoshaphat, King of Judah |
Jehoram of Judah (Hebrew: יְהֹורָם, Yəhôrām) or Joram (Hebrew: יוֹרָם) (Greek: Ιωραμ; Latin: Joram), was a king of Judah, and the son of Jehoshaphat. Jehoram took the throne at the age of 32 and reigned for 8 years. (2 Kings 8:17)
William F. Albright has dated his reign to 849 – 842 BC. Edwin Thiele placed a coregency of Jehoram with his father Jehoshaphat, starting in 853/852 BC, with the beginning of his sole reign occurring in 848/847 and his death in 841/840 BC. As explained in the Rehoboam article, Thiele's chronology for the first kings of Judah contained an internal inconsistency that later scholars corrected by dating these kings one year earlier, so that Jehoram's dates are taken as one year earlier in the present article: coregency beginning in 854/853, sole reign commencing in 849/848, and death in 842/841 BC.
The name Jehoram is confusing in the biblical account. The author of Kings speaks of both Jehoram of Israel and Jehoram of Judah in the same passage, which can be confusing. It's also confusing that both Jehorams are also referred to as Joram, even in the same translation in the same breath. For example, 2 Chronicles 22:5-6 reads:
Likewise, the king of Judah is referred to as Jehoram or Joram in a single translation. For example, 2 Kings 8:20-21 uses the name Joram while 2 Chronicles 21:8-9, which describe the same event in almost identical words, uses the name Jehoram.
According to 2 Kings 8:16, Jehoram became king of Judah in the fifth year of Jehoram of Israel, when his father Jehoshaphat was (still) king of Judah, indicating a co-regency. Jehoram took the throne at the age of 32 and reigned for 8 years. To secure his position Jehoram killed his six brothers. (2 Chronicles 21:2-4)
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