2Chr 21
1
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city
of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2
And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah,
and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king
of Israel.
3
And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things,
with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was
the first-born.
4
Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened
himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of
Israel.
5
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight
years in Jerusalem.
6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he
had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH.
7
Nevertheless YHWH would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that
he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children
alway.
8
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
9
Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he
rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains
of the chariots.
10
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day: then did Libnah revolt
at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken YHWH, the God of his
fathers.
11
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of
Jerusalem to play the harlot, and led Judah astray.
12
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says YHWH, the
God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your
father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
13
but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem to play the harlot, like as the house of Ahab did, and also have slain
your brethren of your father`s house, who were better than yourself:
14
behold, YHWH will smite with a great plague your people, and your children, and your
wives, and all your substance;
15
and you shall have great sickness by disease of your bowels, until your bowels fall
out by reason of the sickness, day by day.
16
And YHWH stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians
that are beside the Ethiopians:
17
and they came up against Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance
that was found in the king`s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there
was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
18
And after all this YHWH smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
19
And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels
fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made
no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
20
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem
eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city
of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings.