2 Kings 8:17
“Thirtie and two yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and hee reigned eight yeeres in Ierusalem.”
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2 Kings 8:17 Context
15And it came to passe on the morrow, that he tooke a thicke cloth, and dipt it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died, and Hazael reigned in his stead. 16¶ And in the fifth yeere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab king of Israel, Iehoshaphat being then king of Iudah, Iehoram the sonne of Iehoshaphat king of Iudah began to reigne. 17Thirtie and two yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and hee reigned eight yeeres in Ierusalem. 18And 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 hee did euill in the sight of the Lord. 19Yet the Lord would not destroy Iudah, for Dauid his seruants sake, as hee promised to giue to him alway a light, and to his children.
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Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
- King James Version
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
- New American Standard Version (1995)