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II Chronicles
Chapter 21
1
Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers,
and
was buried with his fathers in the city of David.
And
Jehoram his son reigned in his place/stead.
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 Israel.
3
And their father gave them great gifts of silver,
and
of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah
but
the kingdom gave he to Jehoram;
because
he was the firstborn.
4
Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father,
he
strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword,
and
divers also of the princes of Israel.
5
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign,
and
he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel,
like
as did the house of Ahab . . .
for
he had the daughter of Ahab to wife
and
he wrought that which was evil
in
the eyes of Jehovah/God.
7
Howbeit Jehovah/God would not destroy the house of David,
because
of the covenant that He had made with David,
and
as He promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever.
8
In his days the Edomites revolted
from
under the dominion of Judah,
and
made themselves a king.
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 Libnah revolt from under his hand;
because
he had forsaken Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
of his fathers.
11
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah,
and
caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication,
and
compelled Judah thereto.
12
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,
Thus
says Jehovah/God 'Elohiym/Godhead of David Your father,
Because
You have not Walked in the Ways
of
Jehoshaphat Your father,
nor
in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13
But
have walked in the way of the kings of Israel,
and
have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
to
go a whoring,
like
to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab,
and
also have slain your brethren of your father's house,
who
were better than yourself . . . 14
behold,
with a great plague w
ill
Jehovah/God smite your people,
and
your children, and your wives, and all your goods . . . 15
and
you shall have great sickness
by
disease of your bowels,
until
your bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
16
Moreover Jehovah/God stirred up against Jehoram
the
spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians,
who
were near the Ethiopians . . . 17
and
they came up into Judah, and brake into it,
and
carried away all the substance
that
was found in the king's house,
and
his sons also, and his wives;
so
that there was never a son left him,
save
Jehoahaz, the Youngest of his sons.
18
And after all this Jehovah/God
smote
him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
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 no burning for him,
like
the burning of his fathers.
20
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign,
and
he reigned in Jerusalem eight years,
and
departed without being desired.
Howbeit
they buried him in the city of David,
but
not in the sepulchers of the kings.
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