Dual Panel1Jehoshaphat <03092> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the City <05892> of David <01732>. His son <01121> Jehoram <03088> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
2His brothers <0251>, Jehoshaphat’s <03092> sons <01121>, were Azariah <05838>, Jechiel <03171>, Zechariah <02148>, Azariahu <05838>, Michael <04317>, and Shephatiah <08203>. All <03605> of these <0428> were sons <01121> of King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Israel <03478>.
3Their father <01> gave <05414> them <01992> many <07227> presents <04979>, including silver <03701>, gold <02091>, and other precious <04030> items, along with <05973> fortified <04694> cities <05892> in Judah <03063>. But he gave <05414> the kingdom <04467> to Jehoram <03088> because <03588> he <01931> was the firstborn <01060>.
4Jehoram <03088> took control <06965> of <05921> his father’s <01> kingdom <04467> and became powerful <02388>. Then he killed <02026> all <03605> his brothers <0251>, as well as <01571> some of the officials <08269> of Israel <03478>.
5Jehoram <03088> was thirty-two <07970> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king and he reigned <04427> for eight <08083> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>.
6He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>, just as <0834> Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> had done <06213>, for <03588> he married <0802> <01961> Ahab’s <0256> daughter <01323>. He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>.
7But the Lord <03068> was unwilling <014> <03808> to destroy <07843> David’s <01732> dynasty <01004> because <0834> <04616> of the promise <01285> he had <0834> made <03772> to give <05414> David <01732> a perpetual <03117> <03605> dynasty <05216>.
8During <03117> Jehoram’s reign Edom <0123> freed <06586> themselves from <08478> Judah’s <03063> control <03027> and set up <04427> their own king <04428>.
9Jehoram <03088> crossed over <05674> to <05973> Zair with his officers <08269> and all <03605> his chariots <07393>. The Edomites <0123>, who had surrounded <05437> him, attacked <06965> at night <03915> and defeated <05221> him and his chariot <07393> officers <08269>.
10So Edom <0123> has remained free <06586> from <08478> Judah’s <03063> control <03027> to <05704> this very day <03117>. At that same time <06256> Libnah <03841> also rebelled <06586> and freed themselves from <08478> Judah’s control <03027> because <03588> Jehoram rejected <05800> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of his ancestors <01>.
11He <01931> also <01571> built <06213> high places <01116> on the hills <02022> of Judah <03063>; he encouraged <02181> the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> to be unfaithful to the Lord and led <05080> Judah <03063> away <05080> from the Lord.
12Jehoram received <0935> this letter <04385> from <0413> Elijah <0452> the prophet <05030>: “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of your ancestor <01> David <01732> says <0559>: ‘You <08478> have <0834> not <03808> followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of your father <01> Jehoshaphat <03092> and of King <04428> Asa <0609> of Judah <03063>,
13but have instead followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. You encouraged the people of Judah <03063> and the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> to be unfaithful <02181> to the Lord, just as the family <01004> of Ahab <0256> does in Israel. You also <01571> killed <02026> your brothers <0251>, members of your father’s <01> family <01004>, who were better <02896> than <04480> you.
14So look <02009>, the Lord <03068> is about to severely <04046> afflict <05062> your people <05971>, your sons <01121>, your wives <0802>, and all <03605> you own <07399>.
15And you <0859> will get a serious <07227>, chronic <02483> intestinal <04578> disease <04245> which will cause <05704> your intestines <04578> to come out <03318>.”
16The Lord <03068> stirred up <05782> against <05921> Jehoram <03088> the Philistines <06430> and the Arabs <06163> who lived beside <03027> <05921> the Cushites <03569>.
17They attacked <05927> Judah <03063> and swept through <01234> it. They carried off <07617> everything <03605> they found <04672> in the royal <04428> palace <01004>, including <01571> his sons <01121> and wives <0802>. None <03808> of his sons <01121> was left <07604>, except <0518> <03588> for his youngest <06996>, Ahaziah <03059>.
18After <0310> all <03605> this <02063> happened, the Lord <03068> afflicted <05062> him with an incurable <04832> <0369> intestinal <04578> disease <02483>.
19After <07093> about two <08147> years his intestines <04578> came out <03318> because of the disease <02483>, so that he died <04191> a very painful death <07451> <08463>. His people <05971> did not <03808> make <06213> a bonfire <08316> to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors <01>.
20Jehoram was thirty-two <08147> <07970> years old <01121> when <01961> he became king <04427> and he reigned <04427> eight <08083> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. No <03808> one regretted <02532> his death; he was buried <06912> in the City <05892> of David <01732>, but not <03808> in the royal <04428> tombs <06913>.