1 dormivit autem Iosaphat cum patribus suis
et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David
regnavitque Ioram filius eius pro eo
2 qui habuit fratres filios Iosaphat
Azariam et Hiahihel et Zacchariam et Azariam et Michahel et
Saphatiam
omnes hii filii Iosaphat regis Israhel
3 deditque eis pater suus multa munera argenti et auri
et pensitationes cum civitatibus munitissimis in Iuda
regnum autem tradidit Ioram eo quod esset primogenitus
4 surrexit ergo Ioram super regnum patris sui
cumque se confirmasset occidit omnes fratres suos gladio
et quosdam de principibus Israhel
5 triginta duo annorum erat Ioram cum regnare coepisset
et octo annis regnavit in Hierusalem
6 ambulavitque in viis regum Israhel sicut egerat domus Ahab
filia quippe Ahab erat uxor eius
et fecit malum in conspectu Domini
7 noluit autem Dominus disperdere domum David
propter pactum quod inierat cum eo
et quia promiserat ut daret illi lucernam
et filiis eius omni tempore
8 in diebus illis rebellavit Edom ne esset subditus Iudae
et constituit sibi regem
9 cumque transisset Ioram
cum principibus suis et cuncto equitatu qui erat secum
surrexit nocte et percussit Edom qui se circumdederat
et omnes duces equitatus eius
10 attamen rebellavit Edom
ne esset sub dicione Iuda usque ad hanc diem
eo tempore et Lobna recessit ne esset sub manu illius
dereliquerat enim Dominum Deum patrum suorum
11 insuper et excelsa fabricatus est in urbibus Iuda
et fornicari fecit habitatores Hierusalem et praevaricari Iudam
12 adlatae sunt autem ei litterae ab Helia propheta
in quibus scriptum erat
haec dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui
quoniam non ambulasti in viis Iosaphat patris tui
et in viis Asa regis Iuda
13 sed incessisti per iter regum Israhel
et fornicari fecisti Iudam et habitatores Hierusalem
imitatus fornicationem domus Ahab
insuper et fratres tuos domum patris tui meliores te occidisti
14 ecce Dominus percutiet te plaga magna
cum populo tuo et filiis et uxoribus tuis universaque substantia tua
15 tu autem aegrotabis pessimo languore uteri
donec egrediantur vitalia tua paulatim per dies singulos
16 suscitavit ergo Dominus contra Ioram spiritum Philisthinorum et Arabum
qui confines sunt Aethiopibus
17 et ascenderunt in terram Iuda et vastaverunt eam
diripueruntque cunctam substantiam quae inventa est in domo regis
insuper et filios eius et uxores
nec remansit ei filius nisi Ioachaz
qui minimus natu erat
18 et super haec omnia percussit eum Dominus alvi languore insanabili
19 cumque diei succederet dies et temporum spatia volverentur
duorum annorum expletus est circulus
et sic longa consumptus tabe ita ut egereret etiam
viscera sua
languore pariter et vita caruit
mortuusque est in infirmitate pessima
et non fecit ei populus secundum morem conbustionis exequias
sicut fecerat maioribus eius
20 triginta duum annorum fuit cum
regnare coepisset
et octo annis regnavit in Hierusalem ambulavitque non recte
et sepelierunt eum in civitate David
verumtamen non in sepulchro regum
1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
5 ¶ Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. 7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
8 ¶ In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. 9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. 10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. 11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto .
12 ¶ And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself: 14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
16 ¶ Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
18 ¶ And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. 19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.