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2 Chronicles 21 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

2Ch 21:1

2Ch 21:1And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.

2Ch 21:2

2Ch 21:2And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.

2Ch 21:3

2Ch 21:3And their father gave them much silver and gold and things of great value, as well as walled towns in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the oldest.

2Ch 21:4

2Ch 21:4Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.

2Ch 21:5

2Ch 21:5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

2Ch 21:6

2Ch 21:6He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

2Ch 21:7

2Ch 21:7But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.

Revolt against Judah

2Ch 21:8

2Ch 21:8In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

2Ch 21:9

2Ch 21:9Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.

2Ch 21:10

2Ch 21:10So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.

2Ch 21:11

2Ch 21:11And more than this, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, teaching the people of Jerusalem to go after false gods, and guiding Judah away from the true way.

2Ch 21:12

2Ch 21:12And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

2Ch 21:13

2Ch 21:13But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself:

2Ch 21:14

2Ch 21:14Now, truly, the Lord will send a great destruction on your people and your children and your wives and everything which is yours:

2Ch 21:15

2Ch 21:15And you yourself will undergo the cruel pains of a disease in your stomach, so that day by day your inside will be falling out because of the disease.

2Ch 21:16

2Ch 21:16Then the Philistines and the Arabians, who are by Ethiopia, were moved by the Lord to make war on Jehoram;

2Ch 21:17

2Ch 21:17And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.

2Ch 21:18

2Ch 21:18And after all this the Lord sent on him a disease of the stomach from which it was impossible for him to be made well.

2Ch 21:19

2Ch 21:19And time went on, and after two years, his inside falling out because of the disease, he came to his death in cruel pain. And his people made no burning for him like the burning made for his fathers.

2Ch 21:20

2Ch 21:20He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years: and at his death he was not regretted; they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.
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