Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
Ver. 1. In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat.] But in the second year of Jehoram, 2Ki 1:17 whom his father Jehoshaphat had made viceroy; but misliking his son's evil practices, as it is probable, he resumed the sceptre.