Jehoram | |
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![]() Jehoram from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum | |
King of Israel (Northern Kingdom) | |
Reign | c. 852 – c. 841 BCE |
Predecessor | Ahaziah |
Successor | Jehu |
Father | Ahab |
Mother | Jezebel |
Jehoram (Hebrew: יְהוֹרָם Yəhōrām; also Joram) was the ninth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 8:16, 2 Kings 8:25–28). He was the son of Ahab and Jezebel, and brother to Ahaziah and Athaliah.
According to 2 Kings, 2 Kings 8:16, in the fifth year of Jehoram of Israel, (another) Jehoram became king of Judah. The author of Kings speaks of both Jehoram of Israel and Jehoram of Judah in the same passage.
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