37AND HE PROPHESIED ELIEZER [THE] SON OF DODAVAHU FROM MARESHAH ON JEHOSHAPHAT <TO> SAYING AS MAKING ALLIANCE YOU WITH AHAZIAH HE WILL BREAK YAHWEH <OBJ.> WORKS YOUR AND THEY WERE BROKEN SHIPS AND NOT THEY RETAINED TO GO TO TARSHISH 37Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.*NoteCloseOr set sail to trade
1AND HE LAY DOWN JEHOSHAPHAT WITH ANCESTORS HIS AND HE WAS BURIED WITH ANCESTORS HIS IN [THE] CITY OF DAVID AND HE BECAME KING JEHORAM SON HIS IN PLACE OF HIM Jehoram Reigns in Judah (2 Kings 8:16–19) 1And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
2AND [BELONGED] TO HIM BROTHERS [THE] SONS OF JEHOSHAPHAT AZARIAH AND JEHIEL AND ZECHARIAH AND AZARIAHU AND MICHAEL AND SHEPHATIAH ALL THESE [WERE] [THE] SONS OF JEHOSHAPHAT [THE] KING OF ISRAEL 2Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.*NoteCloseThat is, Judah; in 2 Chronicles, Judah is occasionally called Israel, as representative of the true Israel.
3AND HE HAD GIVEN TO THEM FATHER THEIR GIFTS MANY TO SILVER AND TO GOLD AND TO EXCELLENT THINGS WITH CITIES OF FORTIFICATIONS IN JUDAH AND <OBJ.> THE KINGDOM HE GAVE TO JEHORAM FOR HE [WAS] THE FIRSTBORN 3Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
4AND HE AROSE JEHORAM OVER [THE] KINGDOM OF FATHER HIS AND HE STRENGTHENED HIMSELF AND HE KILLED <OBJ.> ALL BROTHERS HIS WITH THE SWORD AND ALSO SOME OF [THE] LEADERS OF ISRAEL 4When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
5[WAS] A SON OF THIRTY AND TWO YEAR[S] JEHORAM WHEN BECAME KING HE AND EIGHT YEARS HE REIGNED IN JERUSALEM 5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
6AND HE WALKED IN [THE] WAY OF [THE] KINGS OF ISRAEL JUST AS THEY DID [THE] HOUSE OF AHAB FOR [THE] DAUGHTER OF AHAB SHE WAS OF HIM WIFE AND HE DID THE EVIL IN [THE] EYES OF YAHWEH 6And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
7AND NOT HE WAS WILLING YAHWEH TO DESTROY <OBJ.> [THE] HOUSE OF DAVID ON ACCOUNT OF THE COVENANT WHICH HE HAD MADE TO DAVID AND <AS> SINCE HE HAD SAID TO GIVE TO HIM A LAMP AND TO DESCENDANTS HIS ALL THE DAYS 7Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
8IN DAYS HIS IT REBELLED EDOM FROM UNDER [THE] HAND OF JUDAH AND THEY MADE KING OVER THEM A KING Edom and Libnah Rebel (2 Kings 8:20–24) 8In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
9AND HE PASSED OVER JEHORAM WITH COMMANDERS HIS AND ALL THE CHARIOTRY WITH HIM AND IT WAS HE AROSE NIGHT AND HE STRUCK DOWN <OBJ.> EDOM WHICH WAS SURROUNDING <TO> HIM AND <OBJ.> [THE] COMMANDERS OF THE CHARIOTRY 9So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked*NoteCloseOr he went out and escaped by night.
10AND IT HAS REBELLED EDOM FROM UNDER [THE] HAND OF JUDAH UNTIL THE DAY <THE> THIS THEN IT REBELLED LIBNAH AT THE TIME <THE> THAT FROM UNDER HAND HIS FOR HE HAD FORSAKEN <OBJ.> YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF ANCESTORS HIS 10So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his hand at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
11ALSO HE HE MADE HIGH PLACES IN [THE] MOUNTAINS OF JUDAH AND HE MADE PROSTITUTE [THEMSELVES] <OBJ.> [THE] INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AND HE THRUST ASIDE <OBJ.> JUDAH 11Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.
12AND IT CAME TO HIM A WRITING FROM ELIJAH THE PROPHET <TO> SAYING THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF DAVID ANCESTOR YOUR BECAUSE THAT NOT YOU HAVE WALKED IN [THE] WAYS OF JEHOSHAPHAT FATHER YOUR AND IN [THE] WAYS OF ASA [THE] KING OF JUDAH Elijah’s Letter to Jehoram 12Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
13AND YOU HAVE WALKED IN [THE] WAY OF [THE] KINGS OF ISRAEL AND YOU HAVE MADE PROSTITUTE [THEMSELVES] <OBJ.> JUDAH AND <OBJ.> [THE] INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AS MADE [THEM] PROSTITUTE [THEMSELVES] [THE] HOUSE OF AHAB AND ALSO <OBJ.> BROTHERS YOUR [THE] HOUSE OF FATHER YOUR <THE> GOOD MORE THAN YOU YOU KILLED 13but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.
14HERE! YAHWEH [IS] ABOUT TO STRIKE A BLOW GREAT ON PEOPLE YOUR AND ON SONS YOUR AND ON WIVES YOUR AND ON ALL PROPERTY YOUR 14So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.
15AND YOU [WILL BE] IN SICKNESS<ES> GREAT IN [THE] SICKNESS OF BOWELS YOUR UNTIL THEY WILL COME OUT BOWELS YOUR FROM THE SICKNESS DAYS TO DAYS 15And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”
16AND HE STIRRED UP YAHWEH ON JEHORAM <OBJ.> [THE] SPIRIT OF THE PHILISTINES AND THE ARABS WHO [WERE] ON [THE] HAND [THE] CUSHITES Jehoram’s Disease and Death 16Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
17AND THEY CAME UP ON JUDAH AND THEY BROKE INTO IT AND THEY TOOK CAPTIVE <OBJ.> ALL THE PROPERTY WHICH WAS FOUND TO [THE] HOUSE OF THE KING AND ALSO SONS HIS AND WIVES HIS AND NOT HE REMAINED TO HIM A SON THAT EXCEPT JEHOAHAZ [THE] YOUNG [ONE] OF SONS HIS 17So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz,*NoteCloseJehoahaz is a variant of Ahaziah; see 2 Chronicles 22:1. his youngest.
18AND AFTER ALL THIS HE STRUCK HIM YAHWEH IN BOWELS HIS TO A SICKNESS TO THERE NOT [WAS] HEALING 18After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
19AND IT WAS TO DAYS FROM DAYS AND ABOUT [THE] TIME OF [THE] GOING OUT OF THE END OF DAYS TWO THEY CAME OUT BOWELS HIS WITH SICKNESS HIS AND HE DIED IN DISEASES HARMFUL AND NOT THEY MADE FOR HIM PEOPLE HIS A BURNING LIKE [THE] BURNING OF ANCESTORS HIS 19This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.
20A SON OF THIRTY AND TWO [YEARS] HE WAS WHEN BECAME KING HE AND EIGHT YEARS HE REIGNED IN JERUSALEM AND HE WENT WITH NOT DESIRE AND PEOPLE BURIED HIM IN [THE] CITY OF DAVID AND NOT IN [THE] GRAVES OF THE KINGS 20Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.