And Jehoshaphat{H3092} slept{H7901} with his fathers,{H1} and was buried{H6912} with his fathers{H1} in the city{H5892} of David:{H1732} and Jehoram{H3088} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.

And he had brethren,{H251} the sons{H1121} of Jehoshaphat:{H3092} Azariah,{H5838} and Jehiel,{H3171} and Zechariah,{H2148} and Azariah,{H5838} and Michael,{H4317} and Shephatiah;{H8203} all these were the sons{H1121} of Jehoshaphat{H3092} king{H4428} of Israel.{H3478}

And their father{H1} gave{H5414} them great{H7227} gifts,{H4979} of silver,{H3701} and of gold,{H2091} and of precious things,{H4030} with fortified{H4694} cities{H5892} in Judah:{H3063} but the kingdom{H4467} gave{H5414} he to Jehoram,{H3088} because he was the first-born.{H1060}

Now when Jehoram{H3088} was risen up{H6965} over the kingdom{H4467} of his father,{H1} and had strengthened{H2388} himself, he slew{H2026} all his brethren{H251} with the sword,{H2719} and divers also of the princes{H8269} of Israel.{H3478}

Jehoram{H3088} was thirty{H7970} and two{H8147} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} eight{H8083} years{H8141} in Jerusalem.{H3389}

And he walked{H3212} in the way{H1870} of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} as did{H6213} the house{H1004} of Ahab;{H256} for he had the daughter{H1323} of Ahab{H256} to wife:{H802} and he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Howbeit Jehovah{H3068} would{H14} not destroy{H7843} the house{H1004} of David,{H1732} because of the covenant{H1285} that he had made{H3772} with David,{H1732} and as he promised{H559} to give{H5414} a lamp{H5216} to him and to his children{H1121} alway.{H3117}

In his days{H3117} Edom{H123} revolted{H6586} from under the hand{H3027} of Judah,{H3063} and made{H4427} a king{H4428} over themselves.

Then Jehoram{H3088} passed over{H5674} with his captains,{H8269} and all his chariots{H7393} with him: and he rose up{H6965} by night,{H3915} and smote{H5221} the Edomites{H123} that compassed him about,{H5437} and the captains{H8269} of the chariots.{H7393}

So Edom{H123} revolted{H6586} from under the hand{H3027} of Judah{H3063} unto this day:{H3117} then did Libnah{H3841} revolt{H6586} at the same time{H6256} from under his hand,{H3027} because he had forsaken{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of his fathers.{H1}

Moreover he made{H6213} high places{H1116} in the mountains{H2022} of Judah,{H3063} and made the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem{H3389} to play the harlot,{H2181} and led{H5080} Judah{H3063} astray.

And there came{H935} a writing{H4385} to him from Elijah{H452} the prophet,{H5030} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of David{H1732} thy father,{H1} Because thou hast not walked{H1980} in the ways{H1870} of Jehoshaphat{H3092} thy father,{H1} nor in the ways{H1870} of Asa{H609} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063}

but hast walked{H3212} in the way{H1870} of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} and hast made Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem{H3389} to play the harlot,{H2181} like{H2181} as the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256} did, and also hast slain{H2026} thy brethren{H251} of thy father's{H1} house,{H1004} who were better{H2896} than thyself:

behold, Jehovah{H3068} will smite{H5062} with a great{H1419} plague{H4046} thy people,{H5971} and thy children,{H1121} and thy wives,{H802} and all thy substance;{H7399}

and thou shalt have great{H7227} sickness{H2483} by disease{H4245} of thy bowels,{H4578} until thy bowels{H4578} fall out{H3318} by reason of the sickness,{H2483} day{H3117} by day.{H3117}

And Jehovah{H3068} stirred up{H5782} against Jehoram{H3088} the spirit{H7307} of the Philistines,{H6430} and of the Arabians{H6163} that are beside{H5921} the Ethiopians:{H3569}

and they came up{H5927} against Judah,{H3063} and brake{H1234} into it, and carried away{H7617} all the substance{H7399} that was found{H4672} in the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} and his sons{H1121} also, and his wives;{H802} so that there was never a son{H1121} left{H7604} him, save Jehoahaz,{H3059} the youngest{H6996} of his sons.{H1121}

And after{H310} all this Jehovah{H3068} smote{H5062} him in his bowels{H4578} with an incurable{H369} disease.{H2483}

And it came to pass, in process of time,{H3117} at{H3318} the end{H7093} of two{H8147} years,{H3117} that his bowels{H4578} fell out{H3318} by reason{H5973} of his sickness,{H2483} and he died{H4191} of sore{H7451} diseases.{H8463} And his people{H5971} made{H6213} no burning{H8316} for him, like the burning{H8316} of his fathers.{H1}

Thirty{H7970} and two{H8147} years old{H1121} was he when he began to reign,{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} in Jerusalem{H3389} eight{H8083} years:{H8141} and he departed{H3212} without being desired;{H2532} and they buried{H6912} him in the city{H5892} of David,{H1732} but not in the sepulchres{H6913} of the kings.{H4428}