2 Chronicles 21:1 Jehoshaphat3092 slept7901 with his fathers,1 and was buried6912 with his fathers1 in the city5892 of David:1732 and Jehoram3088 his son1121 reigned4427 in his place. cr 2 He had brothers,251 the sons1121 of Jehoshaphat:3092 Azariah,5838 and Jehiel,3171 and Zechariah,2148 and Azariah,5838 and Michael,4317 and Shephatiah;8203 all these were the sons1121 of Jehoshaphat3092 king4428 of Israel.3478 cr 3 Their father1 gave5414 them great7227 gifts,4979 of silver,3701 and of gold,2091 and of precious things,4030 with fortified4694 cities5892 in Judah:3063 but the kingdom4467 gave5414 he to Jehoram,3088 because he was the firstborn.1060 cr 4 Now when Jehoram3088 was risen up6965 over the kingdom4467 of his father,1 and had strengthened2388 himself, he killed2026 all his brothers251 with the sword,2719 and various also of the princes8269 of Israel.3478 cr 5 Jehoram3088 was thirty -7970 two8147 years8141 old1121 when he began to reign;4427 and he reigned4427 eight8083 years8141 in Jerusalem.3389 cr 6 He walked3212 in the way1870 of the kings4428 of Israel,3478 as did6213 the house1004 of Ahab;256 for he had the daughter1323 of Ahab256 as wife:802 and he did6213 that which was evil7451 in the sight5869 of Yahweh.3068 cr 7 However Yahweh3068 would14 not destroy7843 the house1004 of David,1732 because of the covenant1285 that he had made3772 with David,1732 and as he promised559 to give5414 a lamp5216 to him and to his children1121 always.3117 cr 8 In his days3117 Edom123 revolted6586 from under the hand3027 of Judah,3063 and made4427 a king4428 over themselves. cr 9 Then Jehoram3088 passed over5674 with his captains,8269 and all his chariots7393 with him: and he rose up6965 by night,3915 and struck5221 the Edomites123 who surrounded him, along5437 with the captains8269 of the chariots.7393 cr 10 So Edom123 revolted6586 from under the hand3027 of Judah3063 to this day:3117 then Libnah3841 revolted6586 at the same time6256 from under his hand,3027 because he had forsaken5800 Yahweh,3068 the God430 of his fathers.1 cr 11 Moreover he made6213 high places1116 in the mountains2022 of Judah,3063 and made the inhabitants3427 of Jerusalem3389 to play the prostitute,2181 and led5080 Judah3063 astray. cr 12 A letter4385 came935 to him from Elijah452 the prophet,5030 saying,559 "Thus says559 Yahweh,3068 the God430 of David1732 your father,1 ‘Because you have not walked1980 in the ways1870 of Jehoshaphat3092 your father,1 nor in the ways1870 of Asa609 king4428 of Judah,3063 cr 13 but have walked3212 in the way1870 of the kings4428 of Israel,3478 and have made Judah3063 and the inhabitants3427 of Jerusalem3389 to play the prostitute,2181 like2181 the house1004 of Ahab256 did, and also have slain2026 your brothers251 of your father's1 house,1004 who were better2896 than yourself: cr 14 behold, Yahweh3068 will strike5062 with a great1419 plague4046 your people,5971 and your children,1121 and your wives,802 and all your substance;7399 cr 15 and you shall have great7227 sickness2483 by disease4245 of your bowels,4578 until your bowels4578 fall out3318 by reason of the sickness,2483 day3117 by day.'"3117 cr

2 Chronicles 21:16 Yahweh3068 stirred up5782 against Jehoram3088 the spirit7307 of the Philistines,6430 and of the Arabians6163 who are beside5921 the Ethiopians:3569 cr 17 and they came up5927 against Judah,3063 and broke1234 into it, and carried away7617 all the substance7399 that was found4672 in the king's4428 house,1004 and his sons1121 also, and his wives;802 so that there was never a son1121 left7604 him, except Jehoahaz,3059 the youngest6996 of his sons.1121 cr 18 After310 all this Yahweh3068 struck5062 him in his bowels4578 with an incurable369 disease.2483 cr 19 It happened, in process of time,3117 at3318 the end7093 of two8147 years,3117 that his bowels4578 fell out3318 by reason5973 of his sickness,2483 and he died4191 of severe7451 diseases.8463 His people5971 made6213 no burning8316 for him, like the burning8316 of his fathers.1 cr 20 Thirty -7970 two8147 years old1121 was he when he began to reign,4427 and he reigned4427 in Jerusalem3389 eight8083 years:8141 and he departed3212 without being desired;2532 and they buried6912 him in the city5892 of David,1732 but not in the tombs6913 of the kings.4428 cr