2 Kings 8:16
Good News Translation
In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab as king of Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah

New Revised Standard Version
In the fifth year of King Joram son of Ahab of Israel, Jehoram son of King Jehoshaphat of Judah began to reign.

Contemporary English Version
Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah in Joram's fifth year as king of Israel, while Jehoshaphat was still king of Judah.

New American Bible
In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, Joram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the fifth year of Joram, son of Achab, king of Israel, and of Josaphat, king of Juda, reigned Joram, son of Josaphat, king of Juda.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In the fifth year of Joram, son of Achab, king of Israel, and of Josaphat, king of Juda, reigned Joram, son of Josaphat, king of Juda.

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3112 B.C.

892
Jehoram

2 Kings 1:17 So he died, according to the word of the Lord, which Elias spoke; and Joram, his brother, reigned in his stead, in the second year of Joram, the son of Josaphat, king of Juda, because he had no son.

1 Kings 22:50 And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David, his father: and Joram, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 21:1-20 And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead. . . .

began to reign.

Context
Jehoram Reigns in Judah
16In the fifth year of Joram, son of Achab, king of Israel, and of Josaphat, king of Juda, reigned Joram, son of Josaphat, king of Juda.17He was two and thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.…
Cross References
1 Kings 22:44
And Josaphat had peace with the king of Israel.

2 Kings 1:17
So he died, according to the word of the Lord, which Elias spoke; and Joram, his brother, reigned in his stead, in the second year of Joram, the son of Josaphat, king of Juda, because he had no son.

2 Kings 3:1
And Joram the son of Achab, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Josaphat, king of Juda. And he reigned twelve years.

2 Kings 8:15
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