2Chronicles:21

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* And Josaphat slept with his fathers , and was buried in the city of David : and (note :)Alex . Joram (:note ) Joran his son reigned in his stead . * And he had brothers , the six sons of Josaphat , Azarias , and Jeiel , and Zacharias , and Azarias , and Michael , and Zaphatias : all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda . * And their father gave them many gifts , silver , and gold , and arms , together with fortified cities in Juda : but he gave the kingdom to Joram , for he was the first-born . * And Joram (note :)Gr . rose up into (:note ) entered upon his kingdom , and Gr . was strengthened strengthened himself , and slew all his brothers with the sword , and some of the princes of Israel . * When he was thirty and two years old , Joram succeeded to his kingdom , and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem . * And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel , as did the house of Achaab ; for a daughter of Achaab was his wife : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : * nevertheless the Lord would not utterly destroy the house of David , because of the covenant which he made with David , and as he said to him that he would give a light to him and his sons for ever . * In those days Edom revolted from Juda , and they made a king over themselves . * And Joram went with the princes , and all the cavalry with him : and it came to pass that he arose by night , and smote Edom that compassed him about , and the captains of the chariots , and the people fled to their tents . * And Edom revolted from Juda until this day . Then Lomna at that time revolted from under his hand , because he forsook the Lord God of his fathers . * For he built high places in the cities of Juda , and caused the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring , and led Juda astray . * And there came to him a message in writing from Eliu the prophet , saying , Thus saith the Lord God of thy father David , Because thou hast not walked in the way of thy father Josaphat , nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda , * but hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel , and hast caused Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring , as the house of Achaab caused Israel to go a-whoring , and thou hast slain thy brethren , the sons of thy father , who were better than thyself ; * behold , the Lord shall smite thee with a great plague among thy people , and thy sons , and thy wives , and all thy store : * and thou shalt be afflicted with a grievous disease , with a disease of the bowels , until thy bowels shall (note :)Gr . come forth (:note ) fall out day by day with the sickness . * So the Lord stirred up the Philistines against Joram , and the Arabians , and those who bordered on the Æthiopians : * and they went up against Juda , and prevailed against them , and took away all the store which they found in the house of the king , and his sons , and his daughters ; and there was no son left to him but Ochozias the (note :)Gr . least (:note ) youngest of his sons . * And after all these things the Lord smote him in the bowels with an incurable disease . * And it (note :)Gr . was (:note ) continued from day to day : and when the time of the days came to two It is clear that years are meant years , his bowels fell out with the disease , and he died by a grievous distemper : and his people performed no funeral , like the funeral of his fathers . * He was thirty and two years old when he began to reign , and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem . And he departed (note :)Gr . not in praise (:note ) without honour , and was buried in the city of David , but not in the tombs of the kings .

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