2 Chronicles 21:9

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Jehoram crossed over with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:20-24
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    20During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

    21Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. The Israelite army retreated to their homeland.

    22So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

    23The rest of the events of Joram’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

    24Joram passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.

  • 2 Chr 21:8
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    8During Jehoram’s reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

  • 2 Chr 21:4-5
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    4Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful. Then he killed all his brothers, as well as some of the officials of Israel.

    5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 9:20-21
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    20The watchman reported,“He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; he drives recklessly.”

    21Jehoram ordered,“Hitch up my chariot.” When his chariot had been hitched up, King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out in their respective chariots to meet Jehu. They met up with him in the plot of land that had once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel.

  • 2 Chr 21:10
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    10So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control because Jehoram rejected the LORD God of his ancestors.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15-16
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    15During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

    16For Joab and the entire Israelite army stayed there six months until they had exterminated every male in Edom.

  • 2 Kgs 9:14-17
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    14Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.Jehu the AssassinNow Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.

    15But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters,“If you really want me to be king, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”

    16Jehu drove his chariot to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating there.(Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram.)

    17Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. He said,“I see troops!” Jehoram ordered,“Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask,‘Is everything all right?’”

  • 2 Chr 28:17
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    17The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.

  • 1 Kgs 22:32-33
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    32When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said,“He must be the king of Israel.” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.

    33When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:21
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    21Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated Syria.

  • 2 Chr 21:16-17
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    16The LORD stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.

    17They attacked Judah and swept through it. They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6-9
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    6At that time King Jehoram left Samaria and assembled all Israel for war.

    7He sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah:“The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you fight with me against Moab?” Jehoshaphat replied,“I will join you in the campaign; my army and horses are at your disposal.”

    8He then asked,“Which invasion route are we going to take?” Jehoram answered,“By the road through the wilderness of Edom.”

    9So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them.

  • 2 Chr 18:31-32
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    31When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said,“He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The LORD helped him; God lured them away from him.

    32When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
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    26When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed.

  • 2 Chr 21:1
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    1Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.

  • 2 Kgs 9:24
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    24Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram’s shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.

  • Judg 1:8
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    8The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.

  • Jer 25:21
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    21all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon;

  • 2 Chr 22:5
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    5He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
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    1Ahaziah’s Reign The residents of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
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    24When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated Moab.

  • 2 Kgs 6:14
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    14So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.

  • Jer 6:5
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    5So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.’

  • 2 Kgs 10:25
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    25When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard and officers,“Come in and strike them down! Don’t let any escape!” So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.

  • 2 Kgs 9:27
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    27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered,“Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
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    21Now all Moab had heard that the kings were attacking, so everyone old enough to fight was mustered and placed at the border.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
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    29The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead.

  • 2 Chr 24:23
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    23At the beginning of the year the Syrian army attacked Joash and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus.

  • 1 Kgs 22:50
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    50Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.

  • 2 Chr 22:8
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    8While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.

  • 1 Kgs 20:19
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    19They marched out of the city with the servants of the district governors in the lead and the army behind them.

  • 2 Chr 20:22
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    22When they began to shout and praise, the LORD suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

  • 2 Kgs 8:28
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    28He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

  • 2 Kgs 14:7
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    7He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.