2 Chronicles 21
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2 Chronicles 21:12-19

12Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,

13but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, who were better than you.

14So look, the Lord is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

15And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out.”

16The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.

17They attacked Judah and swept through it. They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah.

18After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.

19After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors.

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