Jehoram
King of Judah · 889–885 BC
Also called Joram
See him on the kings chart · On the timeline
His Reign
- Reigned
- eight years 2 Kings 8:17
- Began to Reign
- Thirty and two years old 2 Kings 8:17
- Began
- in Jehoram’s 5th year 2 Kings 8:16
- Before Him
- Jehoshaphat
- After Him
- Ahaziah
In the Sight of the LORD
“he did evil in the sight of the LORD” 2 Kings 8:18
Ussher’s Years
- Viceroy for His Father 898–892 BC
- “Jehosaphat after the example of Ahab, made Jehoram his son, Vice-Roy of the kingdom”
- King with His Father 892–889 BC
- “Jehosophat now growen old, and desiring to settle his house”
- Began to Reign 889–885 BC
- “When Jehosophat was dead and buried in the City of David, [1 Reg. 2. 50. 2 Chron. 21. 5.] Jehoram, a detestable son”
Ussher has Jehoshaphat make him viceroy, then consort, before he reigned alone. Jehoram of Israel began in the second year of the viceroy (2 Kings 1:17); the consort began in the fifth year of Jehoram of Israel (2 Kings 8:16).
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.
In Israel in His Day
- Ahab King of Israel · 918–897 BC
- Ahaziah King of Israel · 897–896 BC
- Jehoram King of Israel · 896–884 BC
Where His Reign Is Told
Difficult Passages
Was Jehoram’s youngest son Jehoahaz or Ahaziah?
They are one man: Jehoahaz and Ahaziah are the same two words, “the LORD” and “hath laid hold,” in the other order.
