21:1 Jehoshaphat
slept
with
his
fathers
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David,
and
Jehoram
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
21:2 He
had
brothers,
the
sons
of
Jehoshaphat:
Azariah,
Jehiel,
Zechariah,
Azariah,
Michael,
and
Shephatiah;
all
these
were
the
sons
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Israel.
21:3 Their
father
gave
them
great
gifts
of
silver,
gold,
and
valuable
possessions,
together
with
fortified
cities
in
Judah,
but
he
gave
the
kingdom
to
Jehoram,
because
he
was
the
firstborn.
21:4 When
Jehoram
had
ascended
the
throne
of
his
father
and
was
established,
he
killed
all
his
brothers
with
the
sword,
and
also
some
of
the
princes
of
Israel.
21:5 Jehoram
was
thirty-two
years
old
when
he
became
king,
and
he
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
21:6 And
he
walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
as
the
house
of
Ahab
had
done,
for
the
daughter
of
Ahab
was
his
wife.
And
he
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD.
21:7 Yet
the
LORD
was
not
willing
to
destroy
the
house
of
David,
because
of
the
covenant
that
he
had
made
with
David,
and
since
he
had
promised
to
give
a
lamp
to
him
and
to
his
sons
forever.
21:8 In
his
days
Edom
revolted
from
the
rule
of
Judah
and
set
up
a
king
of
their
own.
21:9 Then
Jehoram
passed
over
with
his
commanders
and
all
his
chariots,
and
he
rose
by
night
and
struck
the
Edomites
who
had
surrounded
him
and
his
chariot
commanders.
21:10 So
Edom
revolted
from
the
rule
of
Judah
to
this
day.
At
that
time
Libnah
also
revolted
from
his
rule,
because
he
had
forsaken
the
LORD,
the
God
of
his
fathers.
21:11 Moreover,
he
made
high
places
in
the
hill
country
of
Judah
and
led
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
into
whoredom
and
made
Judah
go
astray.
21:12 And
a
letter
came
to
him
from
Elijah
the
prophet,
saying,
"Thus
says
the
LORD,
the
God
of
David
your
father,
'Because
you
have
not
walked
in
the
ways
of
Jehoshaphat
your
father,
or
in
the
ways
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
21:13 but
have
walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel
and
have
enticed
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
into
whoredom,
as
the
house
of
Ahab
led
Israel
into
whoredom,
and
also
you
have
killed
your
brothers,
of
your
father's
house,
who
were
better
than
yourself,
21:14 behold,
the
LORD
will
bring
a
great
plague
on
your
people,
your
children,
your
wives,
and
all
your
possessions,
21:15 and
you
yourself
will
have
a
severe
sickness
with
a
disease
of
your
bowels,
until
your
bowels
come
out
because
of
the
disease,
day
by
day.'"
21:16 And
the
LORD
stirred
up
against
Jehoram
the
anger
of
the
Philistines
and
of
the
Arabians
who
are
near
the
Ethiopians.
21:17 And
they
came
up
against
Judah
and
invaded
it
and
carried
away
all
the
possessions
they
found
that
belonged
to
the
king's
house,
and
also
his
sons
and
his
wives,
so
that
no
son
was
left
to
him
except
Jehoahaz,
his
youngest
son.
21:18 And
after
all
this
the
LORD
struck
him
in
his
bowels
with
an
incurable
disease.
21:19 In
the
course
of
time,
at
the
end
of
two
years,
his
bowels
came
out
because
of
the
disease,
and
he
died
in
great
agony.
His
people
made
no
fire
in
his
honor,
like
the
fires
made
for
his
fathers.
21:20 He
was
thirty-two
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
And
he
departed
with
no
one's
regret.
They
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David,
but
not
in
the
tombs
of
the
kings.
