person · P0404
Yehoram of Yehudah יהורם
Son of Yehoshafat, married to Atalyah of the house of Achav, and judged by Kings to have walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He opened his reign by killing his brothers; Edom broke away from Yehudah's hand in his days.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- יהורם
- Also known as
- Jehoram of Judah, Yoram ben Yehoshafat
- Era
- bible
- Parents
- Yehoshafat
- Children
- Achazyahu
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 3018–3058 AM (reigned 3050–3058, eight years; thirty-two at accession)
- Academic
- reigned c. 848–841 BCE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈40 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Jerusalem
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the fifth year of Yoram ben Achav king of Israel — Yehoshafat then being king of Yehudah — Yehoram ben Yehoshafat became king: thirty-two years old, he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
The clause "Yehoshafat being king of Yehudah" is the classic co- regency synchronism; tradition counts part of his eight years within his father's reign.
|
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| When Yehoram rose over his father's kingdom and grew strong, he killed all his brothers by the sword, and also some of the officers of Israel. | biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| In his days Edom rebelled from under the hand of Yehudah and set a king over itself, and the revolt held "to this day"; Livnah rebelled at the same time. | biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| The placement (reigned 3050–3058 AM) is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction: the regnal years stated in Kings are chained forward from the division of the kingdom in 2964 AM on the traditional (Seder Olam) timeline, with sub-year reigns counted as zero. The cited source states the reign's length, not absolute dates.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
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tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |