Jehoram Reigns in Judah

2 Chronicles 21

1 And a Jehoshaphat 1 rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place. 2 He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azaryahu, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 3 Their father gave them great gifts of silver and gold and precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn. 4 Now when Jehoram 2 was established over the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself and killed all his brothers with the sword, and also others of the princes of Israel. 5 b Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had the daughter of c Ahab as a wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 7 Yet the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the d covenant that He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his e sons forever.

8 f In his days Edom revolted against Judah's authority, and made a king over themselves. 9 So Jehoram went out with his officers, and all his chariots with him. And he rose by night and attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots. 10 Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah's authority to this day. At that time Libnah revolted against his rule, because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

11 Moreover he made 3 high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to g commit harlotry, and led Judah astray. 12 And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,
Thus says the LORD God of your father David:
Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13 but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have h made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to i play the harlot like the j harlotry of the house of Ahab, and also have k killed your brothers, those of your father's household, who were better than yourself, 14 behold, the LORD will strike your people with a serious affliction - your children, your wives, and all your possessions; 15 and you will become very sick with a l disease of your intestines, until your intestines come out by reason of the sickness, day by day.

16 Moreover the m LORD n stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the o Arabians who were near the Ethiopians. 17 And they came up into Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king's house, and also p his sons and his wives, so that there was not a son left to him except 4 Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

18 After all this the LORD struck him q in his intestines with an incurable disease. 19 Then it happened in the course of time, after the end of two years, that his intestines came out because of his sickness; so he died in severe pain. And his people made no 5 burning for him, like r the burning for his fathers. 20 He was thirty-two years old when he became king. He reigned in Jerusalem eight years and, to no one's sorrow, departed. However they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 22:50
    And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:17 - 22
    He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
  3. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 18:1
    Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab.
  4. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:8 - 17
    Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.
  5. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:36
    And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.
    2 Kings 8:19
    Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.
    Psalms 132:11
    The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: "I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:20
    In his days Edom revolted against Judah's authority, and made a king over themselves.
    2 Kings 14:7
    He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.
    2 Kings 14:10
    "You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall - you and Judah with you?"
    2 Chronicles 25:14
    Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them.
    2 Chronicles 25:19
    "Indeed you say that you have defeated the Edomites, and your heart is lifted up to boast. Stay at home now; why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall - you and Judah with you?"
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:5
    Then I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut him off from his people, and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit harlotry with Molech.
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 21:11
    Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit harlotry, and led Judah astray.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 34:15
    Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you and you eat of his sacrifice.
    Deuteronomy 31:16
    And the LORD said to Moses: "Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.
  10. Cross References
    1 Kings 16:31 - 33
    And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.
    2 Kings 9:22
    Now it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, " Is it peace, Jehu?" So he answered, "What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are so many?
  11. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:32
    So the LORD will return his blood on his head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword - Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah - though my father David did not know it.
    2 Chronicles 21:4
    Now when Jehoram was established over the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself and killed all his brothers with the sword, and also others of the princes of Israel.
  12. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 21:18
    After all this the LORD struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.
    2 Chronicles 21:19
    Then it happened in the course of time, after the end of two years, that his intestines came out because of his sickness; so he died in severe pain. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning for his fathers.
  13. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 33:11
    Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.
    Jeremiah 51:11
    Make the arrows bright! Gather the shields! The LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it, Because it is the vengeance of the LORD, The vengeance for His temple.
  14. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:14
    Now the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was a descendant of the king in Edom.
    1 Kings 11:23
    And God raised up another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who had fled from his lord, Hadadezer king of Zobah.
  15. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 17:11
    Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver as tribute; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.
  16. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 24:7
    For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also presented all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD to the Baals.
  17. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 13:20
    So Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the LORD struck him, and he died.
    2 Chronicles 21:15
    And you will become very sick with a disease of your intestines, until your intestines come out by reason of the sickness, day by day.
    Acts 12:23
    Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.
  18. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 16:14
    They buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made a very great burning for him.
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