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 "what Yahweh had told Elijah that Elijah had spoken"
 
-# second year
-
-"2nd year" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
-
 # in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah
 
-This describes the time that Joram began to reign by stating how long the current king of Judah had reigned. AT: "in the second year that Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat was king of Judah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
+This describes the time that Joram began to reign over Israel by stating how long Jehoram had been reigning over Jerusalem. AT: "in the second year that Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat was king of Judah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
 
 # are they not written ... Israel?