Dual Panel1Now Jehoshaphat <03092> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>_, and was buried <06912> (8735) with his fathers <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732>_. And Jehoram <03088> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead.
2And he had brethren <0251> the sons <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092>_, Azariah <05838>_, and Jehiel <03171>_, and Zechariah <02148>_, and Azariah <05838>_, and Michael <04317>_, and Shephatiah <08203>_: all these [were] the sons <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of Israel <03478>_.
3And their father <01> gave <05414> (8799) them great <07227> gifts <04979> of silver <03701>_, and of gold <02091>_, and of precious things <04030>_, with fenced <04694> cities <05892> in Judah <03063>_: but the kingdom <04467> gave <05414> (8804) he to Jehoram <03088>_; because he [was] the firstborn <01060>_.
4Now when Jehoram <03088> was risen up <06965> (8799) to the kingdom <04467> of his father <01>_, he strengthened <02388> (8691) himself, and slew <02026> (8799) all his brethren <0251> with the sword <02719>_, and [divers] also of the princes <08269> of Israel <03478>_.
5Jehoram <03088> [was] thirty <07970> and two <08147> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800)_, and he reigned <04427> (8804) eight <08083> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>_.
6And he walked <03212> (8799) in the way <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>_, like as did <06213> (8804) the house <01004> of Ahab <0256>_: for he had the daughter <01323> of Ahab <0256> to wife <0802>_: and he wrought <06213> (8799) [that which was] evil <07451> in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>_.
7Howbeit the LORD <03068> would <014> (8804) not destroy <07843> (8687) the house <01004> of David <01732>_, because of the covenant <01285> that he had made <03772> (8804) with David <01732>_, and as he promised <0559> (8804) to give <05414> (8800) a light <05216> to him and to his sons <01121> for ever <03117>_. {light: Heb. lamp, or, candle}
8In his days <03117> the Edomites <0123> revolted <06586> (8804) from under the dominion <03027> of Judah <03063>_, and made <04427> (8686) themselves a king <04428>_. {dominion: Heb. hand}
9Then Jehoram <03088> went forth <05674> (8799) with his princes <08269>_, and all his chariots <07393> with him: and he rose up <06965> (8804) by night <03915>_, and smote <05221> (8686) the Edomites <0123> which compassed him in <05437> (8802)_, and the captains <08269> of the chariots <07393>_.
10So the Edomites <0123> revolted <06586> (8799) from under the hand <03027> of Judah <03063> unto this day <03117>_. The same time <06256> [also] did Libnah <03841> revolt <06586> (8799) from under his hand <03027>_; because he had forsaken <05800> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of his fathers <01>_.
11Moreover he made <06213> (8804) high places <01116> in the mountains <02022> of Judah <03063>_, and caused the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> to commit fornication <02181> (8686)_, and compelled <05080> (8686) Judah <03063> [thereto].
12And there came <0935> (8799) a writing <04385> to him from Elijah <0452> the prophet <05030>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of David <01732> thy father <01>_, Because thou hast not walked <01980> (8804) in the ways <01870> of Jehoshaphat <03092> thy father <01>_, nor in the ways <01870> of Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_,
13But hast walked <03212> (8799) in the way <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>_, and hast made Judah <03063> and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> to go a whoring <02181> (8686)_, like to the whoredoms <02181> (8687) of the house <01004> of Ahab <0256>_, and also hast slain <02026> (8804) thy brethren <0251> of thy father's <01> house <01004>_, [which were] better <02896> than thyself:
14Behold, with a great <01419> plague <04046> will the LORD <03068> smite <05062> (8802) thy people <05971>_, and thy children <01121>_, and thy wives <0802>_, and all thy goods <07399>_: {a great...: Heb. a great stroke}
15And thou [shalt have] great <07227> sickness <02483> by disease <04245> of thy bowels <04578>_, until thy bowels <04578> fall out <03318> (8799) by reason of the sickness <02483> day <03117> by day <03117>_.
16Moreover the LORD <03068> stirred up <05782> (8686) against Jehoram <03088> the spirit <07307> of the Philistines <06430>_, and of the Arabians <06163>_, that [were] near <05921> <03027> the Ethiopians <03569>_:
17And they came up <05927> (8799) into Judah <03063>_, and brake <01234> (8799) into it, and carried away <07617> (8799) all the substance <07399> that was found <04672> (8737) in the king's <04428> house <01004>_, and his sons <01121> also, and his wives <0802>_; so that there was never a son <01121> left <07604> (8738) him, save Jehoahaz <03059>_, the youngest <06996> of his sons <01121>_. {carried...: Heb. carried captive} {Jehoahaz: also called, Ahaziah, or, Azariah}
18And after <0310> all this the LORD <03068> smote <05062> (8804) him in his bowels <04578> with an incurable <0369> <04832> disease <02483>_.
19And it came to pass, that in process of time <03117>_, after <03318> (8800) <06256> the end <07093> of two <08147> years <03117>_, his bowels <04578> fell out <03318> (8804) by reason <05973> of his sickness <02483>_: so he died <04191> (8799) of sore <07451> diseases <08463>_. And his people <05971> made <06213> (8804) no burning <08316> for him, like the burning <08316> of his fathers <01>_.
20Thirty <07970> and two <08147> years old <01121> was he when he began to reign <04427> (8800)_, and he reigned <04427> (8804) in Jerusalem <03389> eight <08083> years <08141>_, and departed <03212> (8799) without being desired <02532>_. Howbeit they buried <06912> (8799) him in the city <05892> of David <01732>_, but not in the sepulchres <06913> of the kings <04428>_. {without...: Heb. without desire}