1And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.stylus1 Kings 22:50, 1 Kings 22:50, 2 Kings 8:16, 2 Kings 8:17, 2 Chronicles 12:162Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.stylus2 Chronicles 23:2, 2 Chronicles 12:6, 2 Chronicles 24:5, 2 Chronicles 23:2, 2 Chronicles 12:63Their 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.stylus2 Chronicles 11:23, 2 Chronicles 11:23, 2 Chronicles 11:5, Deuteronomy 21:15, Deuteronomy 21:174When 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.stylusJudges 9:5, Judges 9:5, 2 Chronicles 21:17, Genesis 4:8, 2 Chronicles 22:105Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.stylus2 Kings 8:17, 2 Kings 8:22, 2 Kings 8:17, 2 Kings 8:226And 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.stylus2 Chronicles 18:1, 2 Chronicles 18:1, 2 Kings 8:18, 1 Kings 12:28, 1 Kings 12:307Yet 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.stylus1 Kings 11:36, 1 Kings 11:36, Psalms 132:17, Psalms 132:18, Psalms 132:178In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.stylusGenesis 27:40, 2 Kings 8:20, 2 Kings 8:22, 2 Chronicles 20:22, 2 Chronicles 20:239So 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.stylus10So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.stylusJeremiah 2:13, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Deuteronomy 32:21, 2 Chronicles 13:10, 1 Kings 11:3311Jehoram 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.stylusLeviticus 20:5, Leviticus 20:5, 1 Kings 11:7, Leviticus 17:7, 1 Kings 11:712Then 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,stylus2 Chronicles 17:3, 2 Chronicles 17:4, 2 Chronicles 14:2, 2 Chronicles 14:5, 2 Chronicles 17:313but 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.stylus2 Chronicles 21:4, 2 Chronicles 21:4, 2 Chronicles 21:11, 2 Chronicles 21:11, 2 Chronicles 21:614So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.stylusLeviticus 26:21, Leviticus 26:21, Exodus 20:5, Micah 6:16, Hosea 5:1115And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”stylus2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19, 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19, Psalms 109:1816Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.stylus2 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Chronicles 17:11, 1 Kings 11:14, 2 Chronicles 22:1, 1 Kings 11:2317So 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.stylus2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Chronicles 22:6, 2 Chronicles 25:2318After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.stylus2 Chronicles 21:15, 2 Chronicles 21:15, Acts 12:23, Acts 12:23, 2 Kings 9:2919This 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.stylus2 Chronicles 16:14, 2 Chronicles 16:14, Jeremiah 34:5, Jeremiah 34:520Jehoram 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.stylusJeremiah 22:18, Jeremiah 22:18, 2 Chronicles 24:25, Jeremiah 22:28, 2 Chronicles 28:27