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2 Chronicles 21
New International Version

21 Then Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Jehoram(A) his son succeeded him as king. 2 Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.[a] 3 Their father had given them many gifts(B) of silver and gold and articles of value, as well as fortified cities(C) in Judah, but he had given the kingdom to Jehoram because he was his firstborn son.

### Jehoram King of Judah(D)

4 When Jehoram established(E) himself firmly over his father’s kingdom, he put all his brothers(F) to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel. 5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. 6 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel,(G) as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab.(H) He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 7 Nevertheless, because of the covenant the Lord had made with David,(I) the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David.(J) He had promised to maintain a lamp(K) for him and his descendants forever.

8 In the time of Jehoram, Edom(L) rebelled against Judah and set up its own king. 9 So Jehoram went there with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night. 10 To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah.

Libnah(M) revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the Lord, the God of his ancestors. 11 He had also built high places on the hills of Judah and had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.

12 Jehoram received a letter from Elijah(N) the prophet, which said:

“This is what the Lord, the God of your father(O) David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa(P) king of Judah. 13 But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did.(Q) You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better(R) than you. 14 So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow. 15 You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease(S) of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out.’”

16 The Lord aroused against Jehoram the hostility of the Philistines and of the Arabs(T) who lived near the Cushites. 17 They attacked Judah, invaded it and carried off all the goods found in the king’s palace, together with his sons and wives. Not a son was left to him except Ahaziah,[b] the youngest.(U)

18 After all this, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. 19 In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain. His people made no funeral fire in his honor,(V) as they had for his predecessors.

20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He passed away, to no one’s regret, and was buried(W) in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

#### Footnotes

1. 2 Chronicles 21:2 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles
2. 2 Chronicles 21:17 Hebrew Jehoahaz, a variant of Ahaziah

#### Cross references

1. 2 Chronicles 21:1 : S 1Ch 3:11
2. 2 Chronicles 21:3 : 2Ch 11:23
3. 2 Chronicles 21:3 : S 2Ch 11:10
4. 2 Chronicles 21:4 : 21:5-10, 20pp — 2Ki 8:16-24
5. 2 Chronicles 21:4 : S 1Ki 2:12
6. 2 Chronicles 21:4 : Jdg 9:5
7. 2 Chronicles 21:6 : 1Ki 12:28-30
8. 2 Chronicles 21:6 : 2Ch 18:1; 22:3
9. 2 Chronicles 21:7 : S 2Sa 7:13
10. 2 Chronicles 21:7 : S 2Sa 7:15; 2Ch 23:3
11. 2 Chronicles 21:7 : S 2Sa 21:17
12. 2 Chronicles 21:8 : 2Ch 20:22-23
13. 2 Chronicles 21:10 : S Nu 33:20
14. 2 Chronicles 21:12 : 2Ki 1:16-17
15. 2 Chronicles 21:12 : 2Ch 17:3-6
16. 2 Chronicles 21:12 : 2Ch 14:2
17. 2 Chronicles 21:13 : 1Ki 16:29-33
18. 2 Chronicles 21:13 : 1Ki 2:32
19. 2 Chronicles 21:15 : S Nu 12:10
20. 2 Chronicles 21:16 : 2Ch 17:10-11; 22:1; 26:7
21. 2 Chronicles 21:17 : 2Ki 12:18; 2Ch 22:1; Joel 3:5
22. 2 Chronicles 21:19 : S 2Ch 16:14
23. 2 Chronicles 21:20 : 2Ch 24:25; 28:27; 33:20

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