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## Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel ##
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AT: "Jehoram was an evil king, just as other kings of Israel who ruled before him had been,"
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## as the house of Ahab was doing ##
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AT: "the same as the other people in the family of his father-in-law, king Ahab of Israel were doing;" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife ##
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Jehoram had married king Ahab's daughter.
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## he did what was evil in Yahweh's sight ##
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The words "Yahweh's sight" represent Yahweh himself. AT: "Jehoram did things that Yahweh considered very wrong." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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## destroy Judah ##
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Here the name of the country "Judah" represents the people of that country. AT: "put an end to the people of Judah,"
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## since he had told him that he would always give him descendants ##
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"since Yahweh had told David that he would always give David descendants."
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