2 Kings 8:18 “And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the hou…”

2 Kings 8:18

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.

American Standard Version

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And hee walked in the wayes of the Kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and hee did euill in the sight of the Lord.

Darby Translation

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 Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,

Bible in Basic English

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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Cross references

“in the way”

2 Kings 3:2 2 Kings 3:3 1 Kings 22:52 1 Kings 22:53

2 Kings 3:2 · BSB

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

2 Kings 3:3 · BSB

Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

1 Kings 22:52 · BSB

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.

1 Kings 22:53 · BSB

Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.

“the house”

2 Kings 21:3 2 Kings 21:13 2 Chronicles 21:13 Micah 6:16 2 Kings 9:7 2 Kings 9:8

2 Kings 21:3 · BSB

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

2 Kings 21:13 · BSB

I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.

2 Chronicles 21:13 · BSB

but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your fa…

Micah 6:16 · BSB

You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of th…

2 Kings 9:7 · BSB

And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.

2 Kings 9:8 · BSB

The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.

“the daughter”

2 Kings 8:26 1 Kings 21:25 2 Chronicles 18:1 2 Chronicles 19:2 2 Chronicles 21:6 2 Chronicles 22:1–4

2 Kings 8:26 · BSB

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

1 Kings 21:25 · BSB

(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

2 Chronicles 18:1 · BSB

Now Jehoshaphat had an abundance of riches and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.

2 Chronicles 19:2 · BSB

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

2 Chronicles 21:6 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 22:1–4 · BSB

Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king…

“his wife”

Genesis 6:1–5 1 Kings 11:1–5 Deuteronomy 7:3 Deuteronomy 7:4 Nehemiah 13:25 Nehemiah 13:26

Genesis 6:1–5 · BSB

Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

1 Kings 11:1–5 · BSB

King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

Deuteronomy 7:3 · BSB

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Deuteronomy 7:4 · BSB

because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.

Nehemiah 13:25 · BSB

I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take th…

Nehemiah 13:26 · BSB

Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

19Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

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