The interpretation timeline

2Kgs 9:16

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

2Kgs 9:16 · Douay-Rheims
“And he got up, and went into Jezrahel: for Joram was sick there, and Ochozias king of Juda was come down to visit Joram.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
373
A.D.
Ephrem the Syrian Patristic
c. A.D. 306–373
“So he went out with a group of select men. But he met Joram, king of Israel, in the course of his journey, and little later Ahaziah, king of Judah. He was able to defeat them after the first attack and killed them both.”
Modern · 1953 →

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