Elijah’s Letter to Jehoram

12 Then a letter came to Jehoram from the prophet Elijah, saying:

This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David says: “Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat(A) or in the ways of King Asa of Judah(B) 13 but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel,(C) have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves like the house of Ahab(D) prostituted itself, and also have killed your brothers,(E) your father’s family, who were better than you, 14 the Lord is now about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a horrible affliction. 15 You yourself will be struck with many illnesses, including a disease of the intestines, until your intestines come out day after day because of the disease.”(F)

Jehoram’s Last Days

16 The Lord roused the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs(G) who lived near the Cushites to attack Jehoram.(H) 17 So they went to war against Judah and invaded it. They carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace and also his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz,[a](I) his youngest son.

18 After all these things, the Lord afflicted him in his intestines with an incurable disease. 19 This continued day after day until two full years passed. Then his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died from severe[b] illnesses. But his people did not hold a fire in his honor like the fire in honor of his predecessors.(J)

20 Jehoram(K) was thirty-two years old when he became king; he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He died to no one’s regret[c](L) and was buried in the city of David but not in the tombs of the kings.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:17 LXX, Syr, Tg read Ahaziah
  2. 21:19 Lit evil
  3. 21:20 Lit He walked in no desirability

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