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## 2 Kings 1:20 in Context (Verses 17–18 KJV)
 
 [17 ](/kjv/2-kings/1/17) ¶ 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.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/2-kings/1/18) Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, *are* they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
 
[1 Kings 22](/kjv/1-kings/22) [2 Kings 2](/kjv/2-kings/2)

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