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The Second
Book of Paralipomenon 21
And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried
with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned
in his stead.
And he had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and
Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azaria, and Michael, and
Saphatias, all these were the sons of Josaphat king
of Juda.
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and
of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda: but
the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the eldest.
So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and
when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren
with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.
Joram was two and thirty years old when he began to
reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as
the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter
of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because
of the covenant which he had made with him: and because
he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons
for ever.
In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda,
and made themselves a king.
And Joram went over with his princes, and all his cavalry
with him, and rose in the night, and defeated the Edomites
who had surrounded him, and all the captains of his
cavalry.
However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion
of Juda unto this day: at that time Lobna also revolted,
from being under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord
the God of his fathers:
Moreover he built also high places in the cities of
Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit
fornication, and Juda to transgress.
And there was a letter brought him from Elias the prophet,
in which it was written: Thus saith the Lord the God
of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in
the ways of Josaphat thy father nor in the ways of Asa
king of Juda,
But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel,
and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of
the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy
brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself,
Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague,
with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives,
and all thy substance.
And thou shalt be sick of a very grievous disease of
thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little
and little every day.
And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of
the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on
the Ethiopians.
And they came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it,
and they carried away all the substance that was found
in the king's house, his sons also, and his wives: so
that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was
the youngest.
And besides all this the Lord struck him with an incurable
disease in his bowels.
And as day came after day, and time rolled on, two whole
years passed: then after being wasted with a long consumption,
so as to void his very bowels, his disease ended with
his life. And he died of a most wretched illness, and
the people did not make a funeral for him according
to the manner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.
He was two and thirty years old when he began his reign,
and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked
not rightly, and they buried him in the city of David:
but not in the sepulchres of the kings. |
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