# in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab

This describes the time that Ahaziah began to reign by stating how long the current king of Israel had reigned. AT: "in the eleventh year that Joram son of Ahab was king of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# eleventh year

"11th year" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reign]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofjudah]]