2 Chronicles 21
21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away1 and was buried with his ancestors2 in the City of David.3 His son Jehoram4 replaced him as king.
Jehoram’s Reign
21:2 His brothers, Jehoshaphat’s sons, were Azariah, Jechiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah. All of these were sons of King Jehoshaphat of Israel.5 21:3 Their father gave them many presents, including silver, gold, and other precious items, along with fortified cities in Judah. But he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
21:4 Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful.6 Then he killed all his brothers,7 as well as some of the officials of Israel.
21:5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.8
21:6 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter.9 He did evil in the sight of10 the
21:8 During Jehoram’s14 reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.15
21:9 Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers.16
21:10 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day.17 At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control18 because Jehoram19 rejected the
21:12 Jehoram22 received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the
21:16 The
21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death;36 he was buried in the City of David,37 but not in the royal tombs.