925 B
925 B
Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel
AT: "Jehoram was an evil king, just as other kings of Israel who ruled before him had been,"
as the house of Ahab was doing
AT: "the same as the other people in the family of his father-in-law, king Ahab of Israel were doing;" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife
Jehoram had married king Ahab's daughter.
he did what was evil in Yahweh's sight
The words "Yahweh's sight" represent Yahweh himself. AT: "Jehoram did things that Yahweh considered very wrong." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
destroy Judah
Here the name of the country "Judah" represents the people of that country. AT: "put an end to the people of Judah,"
since he had told him that he would always give him descendants
"since Yahweh had told David that he would always give David descendants."