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Jehoram

Also called Joram

Mentioned in 16 verses across 5 books, first in 1 Kings 22:50. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

At a glance

Gender

Male

Ussher–Jones reckoning

born c. 925 BC · died c. 886 BC

F. N. Jones’s Ussher-style chronology, used by Theographic: one of several traditional counts, added up from the ages and reigns in the Hebrew text. The Jewish count (Seder Olam) and the Septuagint’s figures differ from it, for early Genesis by centuries. Not a scholarly date.

Historians also date this period from evidence outside the Bible, and their dates can differ from this reckoning.

Group

Tribe of Judah, Genealogy of Jesus

Family

Father

Jehoshaphatson of Asa

Spouse

Athaliahdaughter of Ahab

Siblings

Azariahson of Jehoshaphat
Azariahson of Jehoshaphat
Jehielson of Jehoshaphat
Michaelson of Jehoshaphat
Shephatiahson of Jehoshaphat
Zechariahson of Jehoshaphat

Children

Ahaziahson of Jehoram
Jehoshabeath

As the dataset records them from the biblical genealogies.

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Ahaziahson of Jehoram6 verses
Jehoshaphatson of Asa4 verses
Joashson of Ahaziah4 verses
David3 verses
Athaliahdaughter of Ahab2 verses
Jehoshabeath2 verses
God2 verses
Judah (patriarch)2 verses
Hazael1 verse
Asason of Abijah1 verse
Uzziahson of Amaziah1 verse
Jehoiada1 verse

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Jerusalemborn here; died here +2 more3 shared verses
Syria1 shared verse
Zair1 shared verse

In the Bible

The first 10 of 16 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Kings

1 Kings 22:50
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

2 Kings

2 Kings 8:21
So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
2 Kings 8:23
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoram, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
2 Kings 8:24
And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
2 Kings 11:2
But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
2 Kings 12:18
So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 3:11
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 21:1
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 21:3
Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
2 Chronicles 21:4
When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.

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Events

Events the dataset lists Jehoram as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. 893 BC
Reign of Jehoram2 Kings 1:17–8:24 · at Jerusalem
c. 886 BC
Death of Jehoram2 Kings 8:24 · at Jerusalem

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

The eldest son and successor of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. He reigned eight years (B.C. 892-885) alone as king of Judah, having been previously for some years associated with his father (2 Chr. 21:5, 20; 2 Kings 8:16). His wife was Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel. His daughter Jehosheba was married to the high priest Jehoiada. He sank into gross idolatry, and brought upon himself and his kingdom the anger of Jehovah. The Edomites revolted from under his yoke, and the Philistines and the Arabians and Cushites invaded the land, and carried away great spoil, along with Jehoram’s wives and all his children, except Ahaziah. He died a painful death from a fearful malady, and was refused a place in the sepulchre of the kings (2 Kings 8:16-24; [2 Chr. 21](/2chr#2Chr.21)).