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    2 Chronicles 21

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    Jehoram’s reign begins with a family massacre and ends with a burial outside the kings’ tombs.

    The firstborn takes the kingdomvv. 1–7

    Jehoshaphat is buried in the City of David, and Jehoram succeeds him. The inheritance is oddly generous until the final clause: the other sons receive silver, gold, precious things, and fortified cities, while Jehoram receives the kingdom because he is firstborn. Once secure, he kills his brothers and some princes. The family list itself has a curious wrinkle, naming Azariah twice before declaring that these are all the sons. Jehoram then marries into Ahab’s house and walks in its ways, while the promised lamp of David remains unextinguished.

    Rebellion, and a letter from Elijahvv. 8–15

    Edom breaks away and appoints its own king. Jehoram crosses over with officers and chariots, is surrounded, and attacks by night; Edom remains rebellious, and Libnah rebels too. Jerusalem receives high places and a population led astray. Then, without any explanation of how it arrived, a letter comes from Elijah. It names the murdered brothers, promises a blow against the king’s people, sons, wives, and possessions, and reserves for Jehoram a particularly unpleasant illness.

    The illness keeps its appointmentvv. 16–20

    Philistines and Arabs are stirred against Judah, with Cushites mentioned as their neighbours. They invade, strip the king’s palace, and carry off his sons and wives; only Jehoahaz, the youngest son, remains. Jehoram’s bowel disease then lasts two full years, ending in the exact fashion Elijah’s letter had described. His people make no fire in his honour, he dies to no one’s regret, and even the City of David has a corner of royal burial that does not admit him.

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    1. 2 Chr 21:1And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

    2. 2 Chr 21:2Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

    3. 2 Chr 21:3Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

    4. 2 Chr 21:4When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.

    5. 2 Chr 21:5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

    6. 2 Chr 21:6And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

    7. 2 Chr 21:7Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

    8. 2 Chr 21:8In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

    9. 2 Chr 21:9So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.

    10. 2 Chr 21:10So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his hand at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.

    11. 2 Chr 21:11Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.

    12. 2 Chr 21:12Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,

    13. 2 Chr 21:13but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.

    14. 2 Chr 21:14So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.

    15. 2 Chr 21:15And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”

    16. 2 Chr 21:16Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.

    17. 2 Chr 21:17So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.

    18. 2 Chr 21:18After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.

    19. 2 Chr 21:19This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.

    20. 2 Chr 21:20Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

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    • 71 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
    • 7Psalms 132:17–18There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
    • 152 Chronicles 21:18–19After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
    • 172 Chronicles 22:1Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
    • 72 Samuel 7:12–17And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
    • 132 Chronicles 21:4When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
    • 62 Chronicles 18:1Now Jehoshaphat had an abundance of riches and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
    • 7Luke 1:79to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
    • 7Luke 1:69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
    • 122 Chronicles 14:2–5And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
    • 122 Chronicles 17:3–4Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals,
    • 14Leviticus 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
    • 162 Chronicles 17:11Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
    • 182 Chronicles 21:15And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”
    • 192 Chronicles 16:14And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
    • 20Jeremiah 22:18Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

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