2 Chronicles 21
1 Now
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
fenced cities in
Judah: but the
kingdom gave he to
Jehoram; because he was the
firstborn. 4 Now when
Jehoram was risen
up to the
kingdom of his
father, he
strengthened himself, and
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, like as
did the
house of
Ahab: for he had the
daughter of
Ahab to
wife: and he
wrought that which was
evil in the
eyes of the
LORD. 7 Howbeit the
LORD would not
destroy the
house of
David, because of the
covenant that he had
made with
David, and as he
promised to
give a
light to him and to his
sons for
ever. 8 In his
days the
Edomites revolted from under the
dominion of
Judah, and
made themselves a
king. 9 Then
Jehoram went
forth with his
princes, and all his
chariots with him: and he rose
up by
night, and
smote the
Edomites which compassed him
in, and the
captains of the
chariots. 10 So the
Edomites revolted from under the
hand of
Judah unto this
day. The same
time also did
Libnah revolt from under his
hand; because he had
forsaken the
LORD God of his
fathers. 11 Moreover he
made high
places in the
mountains of
Judah, and caused the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem to commit
fornication, and
compelled Judah thereto.
12 And there
came a
writing to him from
Elijah the
prophet, saying, Thus
saith the
LORD God of
David thy
father, Because thou hast not
walked in the
ways of
Jehoshaphat thy
father, nor in the
ways of
Asa king of
Judah, 13 But hast
walked in the
way of the
kings of
Israel, and hast made
Judah and the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem to go a
whoring, like to the
whoredoms of the
house of
Ahab, and also hast
slain thy
brethren of thy
father's house, which were
better than thyself:
14 Behold, with a
great plague will the
LORD smite thy
people, and thy
children, and thy
wives, and all thy
goods: 15 And thou shalt have
great sickness by
disease of thy
bowels, until thy
bowels fall
out by reason of the
sickness day by
day. 16 Moreover the
LORD stirred
up against
Jehoram the
spirit of the
Philistines, and of the
Arabians, that were
near the Ethiopians: 17 And they came
up into
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 the
LORD smote him in his
bowels with an
incurable disease. 19 And it came to pass, that in process of
time, after the
end of
two years, his
bowels fell
out by
reason of his
sickness: so 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
departed without being
desired. Howbeit they
buried him in the
city of
David, but not in the
sepulchres of the
kings.