<vn='1'>Now <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and was <sn="6912">buried</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. And <sn="3088">Jehoram</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he had <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s>, <sn="5838">Azariah</s>, and <sn="3171">Jehiel</s>, and <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, and <sn="5838">Azariah</s>, and <sn="4317">Michael</s>, and <sn="8203">Shephatiah</s>: <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> were the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And their <sn="1">father</s><sn="5414">gave</s> them <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4979">gifts</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>, and of <sn="2091">gold</s>, and of precious <sn="4030">things</s>, <sn="5973">with</s><sn="4694">fenced</s><sn="5892">cities</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s>: but the <sn="4467">kingdom</s><sn="5414">gave</s> he to <sn="3088">Jehoram</s>; <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">he</s> was the <sn="1060">firstborn</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Now when <sn="3088">Jehoram</s> was risen <sn="6965">up</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s> of his <sn="1">father</s>, he strengthened <sn="2388">himself</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and divers <sn="1571">also</s> of the <sn="4480 8269">princes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3088">Jehoram</s> was <sn="7970">thirty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="8083">eight</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he <sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, like <sn="834">as</s><sn="6213">did</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="1961">had</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> to <sn="802">wife</s>: and he <sn="6213">wrought</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Howbeit the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="7843">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, because <sn="4616">of</s> the <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="834">that</s> he had <sn="3772">made</s> with <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="834">as</s> he <sn="559">promised</s> to <sn="5414">give</s> a <sn="5216">light</s> to him and to his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="3605 3117">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>In his <sn="3117">days</s> the <sn="123">Edomites</s><sn="6586">revolted</s> from <sn="4480 8478">under</s> the <sn="3027">dominion</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="4427 5921">made</s> themselves a <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Then <sn="3088">Jehoram</s> went <sn="5674">forth</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="8269">princes</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="7393">chariots</s><sn="5973">with</s> him: and he rose <sn="1961 6965">up</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="123">Edomites</s> which <sn="5437 413">compassed</s> him in, and the <sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="7393">chariots</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>So the <sn="123">Edomites</s><sn="6586">revolted</s> from <sn="4480 8478">under</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. The <sn="1931">same</s><sn="6256">time</s> also did <sn="3841">Libnah</s><sn="6586">revolt</s> from <sn="4480 8478">under</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> he had <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of his <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1571">Moreover</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="6213">made</s> high <sn="1116">places</s> in the <sn="2022">mountains</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and caused <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> to commit <sn="2181">fornication</s>, and <sn="5080">compelled</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3063">Judah</s> thereto. </v>
<vn='12'>And there <sn="935">came</s> a <sn="4385">writing</s><sn="413">to</s> him from <sn="4480 452">Elijah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> thy <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="8478 834">Because</s> thou hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="1870">ways</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> thy <sn="1">father</s>, nor in the <sn="1870">ways</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, </v>
<vn='13'>But hast <sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and hast made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> to go a <sn="2181">whoring</s>, like to the <sn="2181">whoredoms</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s> hast <sn="2026">slain</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="251">brethren</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, which were <sn="2896">better</s><sn="4480">than</s> thyself: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4046">plague</s> will the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5062">smite</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s>, and thy <sn="1121">children</s>, and thy <sn="802">wives</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="7399">goods</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="859">thou</s> shalt have <sn="7227">great</s><sn="2483">sickness</s> by <sn="4245">disease</s> of thy <sn="4578">bowels</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> thy <sn="4578">bowels</s> fall <sn="3318">out</s> by reason <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="2483">sickness</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="5921">by</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Moreover the <sn="3068">LORD</s> stirred <sn="5782">up</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3088">Jehoram</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and of the <sn="6163">Arabians</s>, <sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5921 3027">near</s> the <sn="3569">Ethiopians</s>: </v>
<vn='17'>And they came <sn="5927">up</s> into <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and broke <sn="1234">into</s> it, and carried <sn="7617">away</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7399">substance</s> that was <sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="1571">also</s>, and his <sn="802">wives</s>; so that there was <sn="3808">never</s> a <sn="1121">son</s><sn="7604">left</s> him, <sn="3588 518">save</s><sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s>, the <sn="6996">youngest</s> of his <sn="1121">sons</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="310">after</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5062">smote</s> him in his <sn="4578">bowels</s> with an <sn="369 4832">incurable</s><sn="2483">disease</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that in process of <sn="3117 4480 3117">time</s>, after the <sn="6256 3318 7093">end</s> of <sn="8147">two</s><sn="3117">years</s>, his <sn="4578">bowels</s> fell <sn="3318">out</s> by reason <sn="5973">of</s> his <sn="2483">sickness</s>: so he <sn="4191">died</s> of <sn="7451">sore</s><sn="8463">diseases</s>. And his <sn="5971">people</s><sn="6213">made</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="8316">burning</s> for him, like the <sn="8316">burning</s> of his <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="7970">Thirty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s> years <sn="1121">old</s><sn="1961">was</s> he when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="8083">eight</s><sn="8141">years</s>, and <sn="1980">departed</s><sn="3808">without</s> being <sn="2532">desired</s>. Howbeit they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, but <sn="3808">not</s> in the <sn="6913">sepulchers</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s>. </v>