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21:1 Jehoshaphat <03092> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the City <05892> of David <01732>. His son <01121> Jehoram <03088> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>. 21:2 His brothers <0251>, Jehoshaphat’s <03092> sons <01121>, were Azariah <05838>, Jechiel <03171>, Zechariah <02148>, Azariahu <05838>, Michael <04317>, and Shephatiah <08203>. All <03605> of these <0428> were sons <01121> of King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Israel <03478>. 21:3 Their father <01> gave <05414> them <01992> many <07227> presents <04979>, including silver <03701>, gold <02091>, and other precious <04030> items, along with <05973> fortified <04694> cities <05892> in Judah <03063>. But he gave <05414> the kingdom <04467> to Jehoram <03088> because <03588> he <01931> was the firstborn <01060>. 21:4 Jehoram <03088> took control <06965> of <05921> his father’s <01> kingdom <04467> and became powerful <02388>. Then he killed <02026> all <03605> his brothers <0251>, as well as <01571> some of the officials <08269> of Israel <03478>. 21:5 Jehoram <03088> was thirty-two <07970> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king and he reigned <04427> for eight <08083> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. 21:6 He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>, just as <0834> Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> had done <06213>, for <03588> he married <0802> <01961> Ahab’s <0256> daughter <01323>. He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>. 21:7 But the Lord <03068> was unwilling <014> <03808> to destroy <07843> David’s <01732> dynasty <01004> because <0834> <04616> of the promise <01285> he had <0834> made <03772> to give <05414> David <01732> a perpetual <03117> <03605> dynasty <05216>. 21:8 During <03117> Jehoram’s reign Edom <0123> freed <06586> themselves from <08478> Judah’s <03063> control <03027> and set up <04427> their own king <04428>. 21:9 Jehoram <03088> crossed over <05674> to <05973> Zair with his officers <08269> and all <03605> his chariots <07393>. The Edomites <0123>, who had surrounded <05437> him, attacked <06965> at night <03915> and defeated <05221> him and his chariot <07393> officers <08269>. 21:10 So Edom <0123> has remained free <06586> from <08478> Judah’s <03063> control <03027> to <05704> this very day <03117>. At that same time <06256> Libnah <03841> also rebelled <06586> and freed themselves from <08478> Judah’s control <03027> because <03588> Jehoram rejected <05800> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of his ancestors <01>. 21:11 He <01931> also <01571> built <06213> high places <01116> on the hills <02022> of Judah <03063>; he encouraged <02181> the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> to be unfaithful to the Lord and led <05080> Judah <03063> away <05080> from the Lord. 21:12 Jehoram received <0935> this letter <04385> from <0413> Elijah <0452> the prophet <05030>: “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of your ancestor <01> David <01732> says <0559>: ‘You <08478> have <0834> not <03808> followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of your father <01> Jehoshaphat <03092> and of King <04428> Asa <0609> of Judah <03063>, 21:13 but have instead followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. You encouraged the people of Judah <03063> and the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> to be unfaithful <02181> to the Lord, just as the family <01004> of Ahab <0256> does in Israel. You also <01571> killed <02026> your brothers <0251>, members of your father’s <01> family <01004>, who were better <02896> than <04480> you. 21:14 So look <02009>, the Lord <03068> is about to severely <04046> afflict <05062> your people <05971>, your sons <01121>, your wives <0802>, and all <03605> you own <07399>.

• 2Ch 21:2-20 -- Jehoram's Reign

• Jehoram

  [ebd] Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 26:25). (3.) A priest sen...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah has exalted). Son of Ahab king of Israel, who succeeded his brother Ahaziah B.C. 896, and died B.C. 884. The alliance between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, commenced by his father and Jehoshaphat, was very ...
  [nave] JEHORAM 1. King of Judah, 1 Kin. 22:50; 2 Kin. 8:16; 1 Chr. 3:11; 2 Chr. 21:5. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:8. Marries Athaliah, whose wicked counsels influence his reign for evil, 2 Kin. 8:18, 19; 2 Chr. 21:6-13. Slays his...
  

• JEHORAM; JORAM

  [isbe] JEHORAM; JORAM - je-ho'-ram, written also in the abbreviated form, (yehoram, yoram, "Yahweh is high"; the Revised Version (British and American) retains "Joram" for Hebrew yehoram in 2 Ki 9:15-24): (1) Ninth king of Israel (...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Elijah

  [ebd] whose God is Jehovah. (1.) "The Tishbite," the "Elias" of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made of a town called Thisbe, ...
  [isbe] ELIJAH - e-li'-ja ('eliyahu or (4 times) 'eliyah, "Yah is God"; Septuagint Eleiou, New Testament Eleias or Elias, the King James Version of New Testament Elias): I. THE WORKS OF ELIJAH 1. The Judgment of Drought 2. The Ordea...
  [smith] (my God is Jehovah) has been well entitled "the grandest and the most romantic character that Israel ever produced." "Elijah the Tishbite,... of the inhabitants of Gilead" is literally all that is given us to know of his pare...
  [nave] ELIJAH 1. The Tishbite, a Gileadite and prophet, called Elias in the authorized version of the N.T. Persecuted by Ahab, 1 Kin. 17:2-7; 18:7-10. Escapes to the wilderness, where he is miraculously fed by ravens, 1 Kin. 17:1-...
  

• Michael

  [ebd] who is like God? (1.) The title given to one of the chief angels (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1). He had special charge of Israel as a nation. He disputed with Satan (Jude 1:9) about the body of Moses. He is also represented as warni...
  [isbe] MICHAEL - mi'-ka-el, mi'-kel (mikha'el, "who is like God?" Michael): (1) The father of Sethur the Asherite spy (Nu 13:13). (2) (3) Two Gadites (1 Ch 5:13,14). (4) A name in the genealogy of Asaph (1 Ch 6:40 (Hebrew 25)). (5)...
  [smith] (who is like God?). An Asherite, father of Sethur, one of the twelve spies. (Numbers 13:13) One of the Gadites who settled in the land of Bashan. (1 Chronicles 5:13) Another Gadite, ancestor of Abihail. (1 Chronicles 5...
  [nave] MICHAEL 1. An Asherite, Num. 13:13. 2. Two Gadites, 1 Chr. 5:13, 14. 3. A Gershonite Levite, 1 Chr. 6:40. 4. A descendant of Issachar, 1 Chr. 7:3. 5. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:16. 6. A captain of the thousands of Manasseh w...
  

• APOSTASY; APOSTATE

  [isbe] APOSTASY; APOSTATE - a-pos'-ta-si, a-pos'-tat (he apostasia, "a standing away from"): I.e. a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection. Not found in the English Versions of the Bible, but used twice in the New Testament, in th...
  

• Jehoshaphat

  [smith] (whom Jehovah judges.) King of Judah, son of Asa, succeeded to the throne B.C. 914, when he was 35 years old, and reigned 25 years. His history is to be found among the events recorded in (1 Kings 15:24; 2 Kings 8:16) ...
  [nave] JEHOSHAPHAT 1. David's recorder, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. 2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers, 1 Kin. 4:17. 3. King of Judah. Succeeds Asa, 1 Kin. 15:24; 22:41; 1 Chr. 3:10; 2 Chr. 17:1; Matt. 1:...
  

• Shephatiah

  [ebd] judged of the Lord. (1.) A son of David by Abital (2 Sam. 3:4). (2.) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:5). (3.) A Simeonite prince in David's time (1 Chr. 27:16). (4.) One of Jehoshaphat's sons (2 Chr. 21:2)....
  [isbe] SHEPHATIAH - shef-a-ti'-a, she-fat'-ya (shephaTyah, "Yah has judged"): (1) A son of David, by Abital (2 Sam 3:4; 1 Ch 3:3). (2) A Benjamite, father of Meshullam, of Jerusalem (1 Ch 9:8). (3) A Benjamite, who joined David at ...
  [smith] (judged by Jehovah). The fifth son of David. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3) (B.C. about 1050.) The family of Shephatiah, 372 in number, returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9) see also Ezra 8:8 (B.C. 536.)...
  [nave] SHEPHATIAH 1. Son of David, 2 Sam. 3:4; 1 Chr. 3:3. 2. A Benjamite, father of Meshullam, 1 Chr. 9:8. 3. A valiant man who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:5. 4. A ruler of Simeon, 1 Chr. 27:16. 5. Son of Jehoshaphat, 2 ...
  

• Jehiel

  [ebd] God's living one. (1.) The father of Gibeon (1 Chr. 9:35). (2.) One of David's guard (1 Chr. 11:44). (3.) One of the Levites "of the second degree," appointed to conduct the music on the occasion of the ark's being removed t...
  [smith] (God lives). One of the Levites appointed by David to assist in the service of the house of God. (1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 16:5) One of the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, put to death by his brother Jehoram. (2 Chron...
  [nave] JEHIEL 1. A Levite porter, 1 Chr. 15:18. Probably identical with Jehiah, above. 2. A Gershonite Levite, 1 Chr. 23:8; 29:8. 3. A companion of David's sons, 1 Chr. 27:32. 4. Son of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr. 21:2. 5. Son of Heman...
  

• OBADIAH, BOOK OF

  [isbe] OBADIAH, BOOK OF - Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. The theme of the book is the destruction of Edom. Consequent upon the overthrow of Edom is the enlargement of the borders of Judah and the establishment o...
  

• Disease

  [nave] DISEASE Sent from God, Lev. 14:34. As judgments, Psa. 107:17; Isa. 3:17. Instances of Upon the Egyptians, See: Plagues; upon Nabal, 1 Sam. 25:38; David's child, 2 Sam. 12:15; Gehazi, 2 Kin. 5:27; Jeroboam, 2 Chr. 13:20; J...
  

• Edomites

  [nave] EDOMITES, called also Edom. Descendants of Esau, Gen. 36. Kings of, Gen. 36:31-39; Num. 20:14; 1 Chr. 1:43-50; Ezek. 32:29; Amos 2:1. Dukes of, Gen. 36:9-43; Ex. 15:15; 1 Chr. 1:51-54. Land of, Gen. 32:3; Deut. 2:4, 5, 12....
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• WRITING, 2

  [isbe] WRITING, 2 - V. Materials. The materials used in writing include almost every imaginable substance, mineral, vegetable, and animal: gold, silver, copper, bronze, clay, marble, granite, precious gems, leaves, bark, wooden pla...
  

• Azariah

  [isbe] AZARIAH - az-a-ri'-a `azaryahu and `azaryah, "Yahweh has helped"): (1) King of Judah. See UZZIAH. (2) A Judahite of the house of Ethan the Wise (1 Ch 2:8). (3) The son of Jehu, descended from an Egyptian through the daughter...
  [smith] (whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with ...
  [nave] AZARIAH 1. Son of Ethan, 1 Chr. 2:8. 2. Son of Jehu, 1 Chr. 2:38, 39. 3. Son of Zadok, 1 Kin. 4:2; perhaps identical with No. 6, below. 4. Captain of Solomon's guards, 1 Kin. 4:5. 5. A prophet, called Oded, 2 Chr. 15:1; ...
  

• Zechariah

  [ebd] Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as "the son of Berechiah." In Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 h...
  [smith] The eleventh in order of the twelve minor prophets. He is called in his prophecy the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo, whereas in the book of Ezra, (Ezra 5:1; 6:14) he is said to have been the son of Iddo. It is nat...
  [nave] ZECHARIAH 1. A Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:7. 2. Three Levites in the days of David, 1 Chr. 9:21; 15:18, 20, 24; 16:5; 26:2, 14. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 9:37. Called Zacher in 1 Chr. 8:31. 4. Two Kohathites, 1 Chr. 24:25; 2 Chr. ...
  

• Writing

  [ebd] The art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs. Moses is commanded "to write for a memorial in a book" (Ex. 17:14) a record of the attack of Amalek. Frequent mention is afterwards made of writing (...
  

• Birthright

  [ebd] (1.) This word denotes the special privileges and advantages belonging to the first-born son among the Jews. He became the priest of the family. Thus Reuben was the first-born of the patriarchs, and so the priesthood of the ...
  [smith] the advantages accruing to the eldest son. These were not definitely fixed in patriarchal times. Great respect was paid to him in the household, and, as the family widened into a tribe, this grew into a sustained authority, u...
  [nave] BIRTHRIGHT Belonged to the firstborn, Deut. 21:15, 16. Entitled the firstborn to a double portion of inheritance, Deut. 21:15-17; royal succession, 2 Chr. 21:3. An honorable title, Ex. 4:22; Psa. 89:27; Jer. 31:9; Rom. 8:2...
  

• ZECHARIAH (1)

  [isbe] ZECHARIAH (1) - zek-a-ri'-a (zekharyahu, or zekharyah; the Septuagint Zacharia(s)): A very common name in the Old Testament. The form, especially the longer form, of the name would suggest for its meaning, "Yah remembers" or...
  

• LIBNAH

  [isbe] LIBNAH - lib'-na (libhnah "whiteness," "transparency," "pavement" (compare Ex 24:10 where libhnath, is translated "paved work" or a "compact foundation"); Lebna): (1) A desert camp of the Israelites between Rimmon-perez and ...
  [smith] (whiteness). A royal city of the Canaanites which lay in the southwest part of the Holy Land, taken by Joshua immediately after the rout of Beth-horon. It was near Lachish, west of Makkedah. It was appropriated with its "sub...
  

• Jehoram's Sin and Punishment

  

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