2 Chronicles 21:2-20

2He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, 1Azaryahu, Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king 2of Israel. 3Their father gave them many gifts of silver, gold, and precious things, 3with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

4Now when Jehoram had 4taken over the kingdom of his father and gathered courage, he 5killed all his brothers with the sword, and some of the leaders of Israel as well. 56Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. 67He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, 8for Ahab’s daughter was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 7Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant which He had made with David, 9and because He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

8In his days 10Edom broke away 11from the rule of Judah, and appointed a king over themselves. 9Then Jehoram crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots with him. And he got up at night and struck and killed the Edomites who were surrounding him, and the commanders of the chariots. 10So Edom revolted 12against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time 13against his rule because he had abandoned the Lord God of his fathers. 11Furthermore, 14he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem 15to be unfaithful, and led Judah astray.

12Then a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says: ‘Because 16you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat 17and the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13but 18have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be unfaithful 19as the house of Ahab was unfaithful, and you 20have also killed your brothers, 21your own family, who were better than you, 14behold, the Lord is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great plague; 15and 22you will suffer 23severe sickness, a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the sickness, day by day.’”

16Then 24the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and 25the Arabs who 26bordered the Ethiopians; 17and they came against Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king’s house together with his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except 2728Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

18So after all this the Lord struck him 29in his intestines with an incurable sickness. 19Now it came about in the course of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels came out because of his sickness, and he died in great pain. And his people did not make a funeral fire for him like 30the fire for his fathers. 20He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years; and he departed 3132with no one’s regret, and they buried him in the city of David, 33but not in the tombs of the kings.