2Chronicles:21:4-20

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ylt @2Chronicles:21:4 @And Jehoram riseth up over the kingdom of his father , and strengtheneth himself , and slayeth all his brethren with the sword , and also -- of the heads of Israel . ylt @2Chronicles:21:5 @A son of thirty and two years [is ] Jehoram in his reigning , and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , ylt @2Chronicles:21:6 @and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel , as did the house of Ahab , for a daughter of Ahab hath been to him for a wife , and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah , ylt @2Chronicles:21:7 @and Jehovah hath not been willing to destroy the house of David , for the sake of the covenant that He made with David , and as He had said to give to him a lamp , and to his sons -- all the days . ylt @2Chronicles:21:8 @In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah , and cause a king to reign over them ; ylt @2Chronicles:21:9 @and Jehoram passeth over with his heads , and all the chariots with him , and it cometh to pass , he hath risen by night and smiteth the Edomites who are coming round against him , and the princes of the chariots , ylt @2Chronicles:21:10 @and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah unto this day ; then doth Libnah revolt at that time from under his hand , because he hath forsaken Jehovah , God of his fathers , ylt @2Chronicles:21:11 @also , he hath made high places in the mountains of Judah , and causeth the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom , and compelleth Judah . ylt @2Chronicles:21:12 @And there cometh in unto him a writing from Elijah the prophet , saying , 'Thus said Jehovah , God of David thy father , Because that thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father , and in the ways of Asa king of Judah , ylt @2Chronicles:21:13 @and thou dost walk in the way of the kings of Israel , and dost cause Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom like the whoredoms of the house of Ahab , and also thy brethren , the house of thy father , who are better than thyself , thou hast slain ; ylt @2Chronicles:21:14 @lo , Jehovah is smiting -- a great smiting -- among thy people , and among thy sons , and among thy wives , and among all thy goods -- ylt @2Chronicles:21:15 @and thou , with many sicknesses , with disease of thy bowels , till thy bowels come out , by the sickness , day by day .' ylt @2Chronicles:21:16 @And Jehovah waketh up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines , and of the Arabians , who [are ] beside the Cushim , ylt @2Chronicles:21:17 @and they come up into Judah , and rend it , and take captive all the substance that is found at the house of the king , and also his sons , and his wives , and there hath not been left to him a son except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons . ylt @2Chronicles:21:18 @And after all this hath Jehovah plagued him in his bowels by a disease for which there is no healing , ylt @2Chronicles:21:19 @and it cometh to pass , from days to days , and at the time of the going out of the end of two years , his bowels have gone out with his sickness , and he dieth of sore diseases , and his people have not made for him a burning like the burning of his fathers . ylt @2Chronicles:21:20 @A son of thirty and two [years ] was he in his reigning , and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , and he goeth without desire , and they bury him in the city of David , and not in the graves of the kings .

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