After Jehoshaphat’s Death |
2 Chronicles 21:1-20 2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks] |
Now, Jehoshaphat, [died] & slept with his [forefathers] & was buried with [them] in the city of David. His son, Jehoram, [ruled] in his [place.] |
These were [Jehoram’s brothers,] the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jeheil, Zechariah, [Azariahu,] Michael & Shephatiah. All these were the sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel. |
Their father gave them great gifts of: silver, gold, precious things & fenced cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn. |
Now, when Jehoram was [established] in his [father’s] kingdom, he strengthened himself & he killed his [brothers & some] other princes of Israel with the sword. Jehoram was 32 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 8 years in Jerusalem. |
[Jehoram] walked in the [path] of the kings of Israel, like the [family of king] Ahab did: for [Jehoram’s] wife [was] the daughter of Ahab & he [made what] was evil in the eyes of the Lord. |
[1 Kings 16:30-33 And Ahab, [Omri’s] son, did evil in the sight of the Lord above all [who] were before him. And it [happened,] as if it were a [small] thing for [Ahab] to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, [Nebat’s] son, that [Ahab married] Jezebel, the daughter of EthBaal, the [Zidonian’s] king. |
And [Ahab] went & served Baal & worshiped him. And [Ahab put] up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove & Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.] |
[But] the Lord [wouldn’t] destroy the house of David, because of the covenant [contract] He had made with David & promised to give a light to him & his sons forever. |
[1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship, one with another & the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.] |
In [Jehoram’s life] the Edomites [rebelled] from under the [control] of Judah & made themselves a king. Jehoram went with his princes & all his chariots with him. [Jehoram] rose up [at] night & [attacked] the Edomites, [who had surrounded] him & the captains of his chariots [within.] |
So, the Edomites [have] revolted from under [Judah’s] hand [until] this day. Also, [at] the same time, Libra [revolted] from under [Jehoram’s] hand, because he had [abandoned] the Lord God of his [forefathers.] |
Also, he made high places in the mountains of Judah & caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to [to be unfaithful to the Lord God,] and [Jehoram] compelled Judah [to do the same.] |
[Jehoram got a letter] from Elijah, the prophet, saying, The Lord God of David, your [forefather says,] Because you haven’t walked in the [paths] of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the [paths] of Asa, [Judah’s] king, |
But have walked in the [path] of the kings of Israel & have made Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem to [behave unfaithfully, like] the whoredoms of the house of Ahab & [you have] also slain your [brothers] of your father’s house, which were better [that you are:] |
[Watch,] with a great plague, the Lord will [strike] your people, your children, your wives & all your [possessions.] And you shall have great sickness by bowel disease, until your bowels fall out day by day, [because] of your sickness. |
[Also] the Lord stirred up against Jehoram, the spirit of the Philistines, Arabians & the Ethiopians [who] were near. They came up to Judah & [broke] into it & carried away all the [possessions] found in the king’s house & his sons & also his wives. |
So [no] sons were left [to] him, [except] Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. After all this, the Lord [struck Jehoram] with an incurable disease in his bowels. In the process of time, it [happened] that after 2 years, his bowels fell out [due to] his sickness. So he died of [a terrible] disease. |
And his people [didn’t] make a burning for him, like [they did for] his [forefathers.] [Jehoram] was 32 years old when he began to [rule] & [ruled] 8 years in Jerusalem & departed without being desired. They [still] buried him in the city of David, but not in the [tombs] of the kings. |