2 Kings 1:17

“So he died, according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken, etc.] How long or how soon after this is not said; however, he died of the sickness, and on the bed to which he went up, as he said: and Jehoram reigned in his stead: who was another son of Ahab, and brother of Ahaziah, (<120301>2 Kings 3:1), in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; but as he must begin his reign in the nineteenth, or in the latter end of the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, (see <112251> 1 Kings 22:51 <120301>2 Kings 3:1) and Jehoshaphat reigned in all twenty five years, (<112242>1 Kings 22:42), he must live and reign after this six or seven years; this therefore is to be…”

“AHAZIAH DIES, AND IS SUCCEEDED BY JEHORAM. (Kg2 1:17-18) Jehoram--The brother of Ahaziah (see on Kg2 3:1). Next: 2 Kings Chapter 2”

“The similarity of names in the two royal houses of Israel and Judah at this time, and at no other, seems to be the consequence of the close ties which united the two reigning families, and is well noted among the “undesigned coincidences” of the Old Testament. The accession of the Israelite Jehoram (Ahab’s brother) took place, according to 2 Kings 3:1, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat. Jehoram of Judah perhaps received the royal title from his father as early as his father’s sixteenth year, when he was about to join Ahab against the Syrians; the same year might then be called either the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat or the second year of Jehoram. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes:…”

“Jehoram - His brother. The son of Jehoshaphat - Jehoshaphat, in his seventeenth year, when he went to Ahab, and with him to Ramoth - Gilead, appointed his son Jehoram his vice - roy, and (in case of his death) his successor. In the second year from that time, when Jehoram was thus made vice - king in his father's stead; this Jehoram, Ahab's son, began to reign: and in the fifth year of the reign of this Jehoram son of Ahab, which was about the twenty - fourth year of Jehoshaphat's reign, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat was made king of Judah, together with his father. Next: 4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 2”

“1:17 The second year of the reign of Jehoram was 852 BC, during Jehoram’s co-regency with his father, Jehoshaphat (853–848 BC).”

“Jehoram: As it is said in Kg2 3:1, that he began his reign in the eighteenth of Jehoshaphat, it is supposed that Jehoshaphat admitted his son Jehoram to reign with him eight or nine years before his death. "The second year that Jehoram was Prorex, and the eighteenth of Jehoshaphat." in the second: Kg2 3:1, Kg2 8:16, Kg2 8:17; Kg1 22:51 4 Kings (2 Kings) 1:18”

“When Ahaziah died, according to the word of the Lord through Elijah, as he had no son, he was followed upon the throne by his brother Joram, "in the second year of Joram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah." This statement is at variance both with that in Kg2 3:1, to the effect that Joram began to reign in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, and with that in Kg1 22:52, viz., that Ahaziah ascended the throne in the seventeenth year of the reign of Jehoshaphat, which lasted twenty-five years, and also with the statement in Kg2 8:16, that Joram of Judah became king over Judah in the fifth year of Joram of Israel. If, for example, Ahaziah of Israel died after a reign of not quite two years, at…”