Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
A son of 32 years Jehoram was when he became king, and eight years he reigned in Jerusalem.
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Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Iehoram was two and thirtie yeere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eyght yeere in Ierusalem.
Joram was two and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
A son of thirty and two years `is' Jehoram in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
Jehoram [is] a son of thirty-two years in his reigning, and he has reigned eight years in Jerusalem,
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.
A son of 32 years Jehoram was when he became king, and eight years he reigned in Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty-two when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years.
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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Shared distinctive vocabulary
יְהוֹרָ֣ם Jehoram H3088 occurs in 26 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Repetition
Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 20 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 10 Hebrew tokens and 18 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
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בֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם שָׁנָ֖ה יְהוֹרָ֣ם בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
World English Bible · Public Domain
εἰμί αὐτός τριάκοντα καί δύο ἔτος καταἵστημι ιωραμ ἐπί ὁ βασιλεία αὐτός καί ὀκτώ ἔτος βασιλεύω ἐν ἰερουσαλήμ
When he was thirty and two years old, Joram succeeded to his kingdom, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 10 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yᵉhôwrâm (“Jehoram”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 2 Chronicles 21:5 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch
Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)
Scofield Reference Notes
C. I. Scofield
The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.