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⥃Jehoram Reigns in Judah ^{[ 2 Kings 8:16–19 ]}

[1] Now Jehoshaphat² slept with his fathers, and was buried³ with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram⁴ his son reigned⁵ in his stead.⁶ [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 Israel⁷. [3] And their father gave them⁸ great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom⁹ gave he to Jehoram¹⁰; because he [was] the firstborn. [4] Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all¹¹ his brethren with the sword, and [divers] also of the princes of Israel.

[5] [¶]Jehoram¹² [was] thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.¹³ [6] And he walked in the way¹⁴ of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had¹⁵ the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the Lord. [7] Howbeit¹⁶ the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because¹⁷ of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised¹⁸ to give a light¹⁹ to him and to his sons for ever.

⥃Edom and Libnah Rebel ^{[ 2 Kings 8:20–24 ]}

[8] [¶]In his days the Edomites²⁰ revolted from under the dominion²¹ of Judah, and made²² themselves a king.²³ [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 Libnah²⁴ revolt from under his hand; because²⁵ he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers. [11] Moreover²⁶ he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused²⁷ the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication²⁸, and compelled²⁹ Judah [thereto].

⥃Elijah’s Letter to Jehoram

[12] And there came a writing³⁰ to him from Elijah the prophet³¹, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat³² thy father, nor in the ways of Asa³³ king of Judah,³⁴ [13] But hast walked in the way³⁵ of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring³⁶, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain³⁷ thy brethren of thy father’s house, [which were] better than thyself: [14] Behold, with a great plague³⁸ will the Lord smite thy people³⁹, and thy children⁴⁰, and thy wives, and all thy goods: [15] And thou [shalt have] great sickness by disease⁴¹ of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall⁴² out by reason of the sickness⁴³ day by day.

⥃Jehoram’s Disease and Death

[16] [¶]Moreover the Lord⁴⁴ stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines⁴⁵, and of the Arabians, that [were] near the Ethiopians:⁴⁶ [17] And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away⁴⁷ all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also⁴⁸, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz⁴⁹, the youngest of his sons.

[18] [¶]And after all⁵⁰ this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease⁵¹.⁵² [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 no⁵³ burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. [20] Thirty and two⁵⁴ years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired⁵⁵. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. ⁵⁶

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