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2 Chronicles 21 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1 - And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Joran his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:2 - And he had brothers, the six sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jeiel, and Zacharias, and Azarias, and Michael, and Zaphatias: all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:3 - And their father gave them many gifts, silver, and gold, and arms, together with fortified cities in Juda: but he gave the kingdom to Joram, for he was the first-born.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:4 - And Joram entered upon his kingdom, and strengthened himself, and slew all his brothers with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:5 - When he was thirty and two years old, Joram succeeded to his kingdom, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:6 - And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Achaab; for a daughter of Achaab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - nevertheless the Lord would not utterly destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he made with David, and as he said to him that he would give a light to him and his sons for ever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:8 - In those days Edom revolted from Juda, and they made a king over themselves.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:9 - And Joram went with the princes, and all the cavalry with him: and it came to pass that he arose by night, and smote Edom that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots, and the people fled to their tents.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:10 - And Edom revolted from Juda until this day. Then Lomna at that time revolted from under his hand, because he forsook the Lord God of his fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:11 - For he built high places in the cities of Juda, and caused the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring, and led Juda astray.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:12 - And there came to him a message in writing from Eliu the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of thy father David, Because thou hast not walked in the way of thy father Josaphat, nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - but hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast caused Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring, as the house of Achaab caused Israel to go a-whoring, and thou hast slain thy brethren, the sons of thy father, who were better than thyself;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:14 - behold, the Lord shall smite thee with a great plague among thy people, and thy sons, and thy wives, and all thy store:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:15 - and thou shalt be afflicted with a grievous disease, with a disease of the bowels, until thy bowels shall fall out day by day with the sickness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:16 - So the Lord stirred up the Philistines against Joram, and the Arabians, and those who bordered on the Æthiopians:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - and they went up against Juda, and prevailed against them, and took away all the store which they found in the house of the king, and his sons, and his daughters; and there was no son left to him but Ochozias the youngest of his sons.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:18 - And after all these things the Lord smote him in the bowels with an incurable disease.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:19 - And it continued from day to day: and when the time of the days came to two years, his bowels fell out with the disease, and he died by a grievous distemper: and his people performed no funeral, like the funeral of his fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed without honour, and was buried in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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