17 So he died according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken. Jehoram became king in his place ^lin the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, because Ahaziah had no son.

Moab Rebels Against Israel

1 ^fIn the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twelve years. 2 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother, for he put away the ^gpillar of Baal ^hthat his father had made. 3 Nevertheless, he clung to ⁱthe sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^jwhich he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from it.