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Verse 1

Jehoshafat ble lagt til hvile hos sine fedre, og han ble gravlagt i Davids by. Hans sønn Joram ble konge etter ham.

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

Verse 2

Joram hadde brødre, sønnene til Jehoshafat: Asarja, Jehiel, Sakarja, Asarja, Mikael og Sefatja; alle disse var sønner av Jehoshafat, kongen av Israel.

And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

Verse 3

Deres far ga dem store gaver av sølv, gull og kostbare ting, med befestede byer i Juda. Men kongedømmet ga han til Joram, fordi han var den førstefødte.

And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the first-born.

Verse 4

Da Joram hadde tatt makten over sin fars rike og styrket seg selv, drepte han alle sine brødre med sverdet, og også noen av Israels fyrster.

Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

Verse 5

Joram var trettito år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i åtte år i Jerusalem.

Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Verse 6

Han fulgte i sporene til Israels konger, slik Ahabs hus gjorde, for han hadde giftet seg med en datter av Ahab. Han gjorde det onde i Herrens øyne.

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

Verse 7

Men Herren ville ikke ødelegge Davids hus på grunn av pakten han hadde inngått med David, og som et løfte om å gi ham og hans barn en lys framtid for alltid.

Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.

Verse 8

I hans dager gjorde Edom opprør mot Judas makt og innsatte en egen konge.

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Verse 9

Da dro Joram over med sine hærførere og alle sine vogner. Han reiste om natten og slo edomittene som omringet ham, og vognherrenes ledere.

Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots.

Verse 10

Edom har vært uavhengig av Judas makt til denne dag. På samme tid gjorde også Libna opprør fra hans makt, fordi han hadde forlatt Herren, sine fedres Gud.

So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah, the God of his fathers.

Verse 11

I tillegg bygde han offerhauger på fjellene i Juda og fikk Jerusalems innbyggere til å drive hor og ledet Juda på avveier.

Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, and led Judah astray.

Verse 12

En skrift kom til ham fra profeten Elia, som sa: «Så sier Herren, din far Davids Gud: Fordi du ikke har fulgt dine fedre Jehoshafats og Juda-kongen Asas veier,

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Verse 13

men har gått i Israels kongers spor og fått Judas og Jerusalems folk til å drive hor, som Ahabs hus gjorde, og fordi du også har drept dine brødre, dine fedres sønner, som var bedre enn deg,

but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, like as the house of Ahab did, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, who were better than thyself:

Verse 14

skal Herren ramme ditt folk, dine barn, dine koner og hele din eiendom med en stor plage;

behold, Jehovah will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;

Verse 15

og du selv vil bli syk av en bunnløst smertefull sykdom i magen, inntil dine innvoller faller ut på grunn av sykdommen, dag etter dag.»

and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.

Verse 16

Herren oppildnet mot Joram ånden til filisterne og araberne som bor ved etioperne.

And Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians that are beside the Ethiopians:

Verse 17

De dro mot Juda, trengte inn og tok bort alt av verdi fra kongens hus, hans sønner og koner, så det bare var Jojakim, den yngste av hans sønner, igjen.

and they came up against Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

Verse 18

Etter alt dette rammet Herren ham med en uhelbredelig sykdom i tarmene.

And after all this Jehovah smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

Verse 19

I løpet av tiden, etter to år, skjedde det at hans innvoller falt ut på grunn av hans sykdom, og han døde av alvorlige sykdommer. Hans folk brant ikke en æresild for ham som for hans fedre.

And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

Verse 20

Han var trettito år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i åtte år i Jerusalem. Han døde uten å bli omtalt med ønsker; og de gravla ham i Davids by, men ikke i kongenes graver.

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

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