2 Kings 3:1-2

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Jehoram Reigns over Israel

3 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria; he reigned twelve years.^{(A) 2} He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother, for he removed the pillar of Baal that his father had made.^(B)