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Joram (King of Israel)
Joram was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel who appears in 2 Kings in the Old Testament. He was the son of Ahab and Jezebel. He was killed by Jehu at Jezreel, and his death brought the reign of the house of Ahab to an end.
Jehoram (King of Judah)
Jehoram was an Old Testament king of the southern kingdom of Judah, the son of Jehoshaphat and the husband of Athaliah, daughter of Ahab. His reign is recorded in 2 Kings 8 and 2 Chronicles 21.
Jehoram
Jehoram is the name of two contemporary kings in the Old Testament: the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and the son of Ahab, king of Israel. The New Korean Revised Version also renders the name as "Joram."
Ahaziah (King of Judah)
Ahaziah was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah and the son of Jehoram and Athaliah. He reigned for one year and was killed along with Joram, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, when Jehu rebelled (2 Kings 9; 2 Chronicles 22).
2 Kings 9
2 Kings 9 is the chapter in which one of the sons of the prophets, sent by Elisha, anoints the army commander Jehu as king of Israel, after which Jehu kills King Joram of Israel, King Ahaziah of Judah, and Jezebel.
Jehosheba
Jehosheba was the daughter of King Jehoram of Judah and the sister of King Ahaziah. When Athaliah slaughtered the royal family, she hid the young Joash and saved his life. In 2 Chronicles she is called "Jehoshabeath."
Jehoshabeath
Jehoshabeath was the daughter of King Jehoram of Judah and the wife of the priest Jehoiada. When Athaliah massacred the royal family, she hid the infant Joash and so preserved the line of the house of David. In 2 Kings she appears under the name Jehosheba.
2 Kings 10
2 Kings 10 recounts how Jehu wipes out the house of Ahab, the brothers of King Ahaziah of Judah, and the worshipers of Baal. It also records his twenty-eight-year reign, during which he did not turn from the sin of Jeroboam's golden calves.
Shelomoth
Shelomoth was a Levite of David's time and a descendant of Eliezer, the son of Moses. With his brothers, he was in charge of the treasuries of the dedicated things that David and the military commanders had set apart (1 Chronicles 26).