^{5 Ref} A son of thirty and two years `is' Jehoram in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

^{6 Ref} and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab hath been to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,

^{7 Ref} and Jehovah hath not been willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He had said to give to him a lamp, and to his sons -- all the days.