So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
In the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat. [The Septuagint has: en etei oktookaidekatoo, in the 18th year (cf. 2 Kings 3:1).] The text is apparently corrupt, arising probably from the error of a transcriber, who wrote Jehoram twice. This is a more likely way of accounting for the statement than the hypothesis that Jehoram was associated in the government with his father Jehoshaphat, of which there is no direct evidence (see 'Introduction to Kings'). "Jehoram" - the brother of Ahaziah (see the notes at 2 Kings 3:1).