2Ch 21 | ABEn | STEP | And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and he was entombed with his fathers in the city of David. And [ 3 reigned 1 Jehoram 2 his son] instead of him.

2 Chronicles 21

CHAPTER 21 Jehoram Reigns in Judah

1 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and he was entombed with his fathers in the city of David. And [³reigned ¹Jehoram ²his son] instead of him. 2 And to him were brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat -- Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. 3 And [²gave ³to them ¹their father ⁵gifts ⁴many] -- silver, and gold, and shields, with cities being walled in Judah. But the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, for he was the first-born. 4 And Jehoram rose over the kingdom of his father, and was strengthened, and he killed all his brothers by the broadsword, and indeed some of the rulers of Israel. 5 His being thirty and two years old was Jehoram in his reigning, and eight years he reigned in Jerusalem. 6 And he went in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife. And he did the wicked thing before the lord. 7 And [²did not ³want ¹the lord] to utterly destroy the house of David on account of the covenant which he ordained with David, and as he said to him, to give him a lamp and to his sons all the days.

Edom Revolts from Judah

8 In those days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they gave [²reign ³over ⁴themselves ¹a king]. 9 And Jehoram set out with his rulers, and all his chariots, and all the cavalry, the one with him. And it came to pass that he arose by night and struck Edom, the one encircling him, and the rulers of the chariots. 10 And Edom revolted from the hand of Judah until this day. Then Libnah revolted in that time from under his hand, for he abandoned the lord God of his fathers. 11 Moreover he made the high places in the cities of Judah, and fornicated the ones dwelling in Jerusalem, and led Judah astray.

The Warning of Elijah

12 And there came to him in writing words by Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the lord, the God of David your father, Because you did not go in the way of Jehoshaphat your father, and in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13 and went in the ways of the king of Israel, and fornicated Judah, and the ones dwelling in Jerusalem, as [³fornicated ¹the house ²of Ahab], and also your brothers, sons of your father, the good ones over you, you killed. 14 Behold, the lord shall strike you [²calamity ¹with a great] among your people, and among your sons, and among your wives, and among all your belongings; 15 and you shall be in [²sicknesses ¹severe] in disease of your bellies, until of which time [²should come forth ¹your innards] from the sickness of days by days.

The Nations War against Judah

16 And the lord roused [³against ⁴Jehoram ¹the ²Philistines], and the Arabians, and the ones adjoining the Ethiopians. 17 And they ascended against Judah, and overpowered it, and captured all the possessions which they found in the house of the king, and the houses of his sons, and his daughters. And there was not left to him a son except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons. 18 And after all these things [²struck ³him ¹the lord] in his belly with a sickness in which there is no healing. 19 And it happened from days unto days, and as [²came ¹his time] in [²days ¹two], there came forth his innards with his belly in his sickness. And he died in [²sicknesses ¹severe], and [²did not make ⁴to him ¹his people ³a funeral], nor a burning according to the burning of his fathers. 20 He was thirty and two years old in his reigning, and eight years he reigned in Jerusalem. And he went in not high praise. And they entombed him in the city of David, and not in the tombs of the kings.