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


In Context

14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

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.

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

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.

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.

2 Kings 8:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:17He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:17He was two and thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17a son of thirty and two years was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.