2 Kings 8:16–24

Jehoram King of Judah

8:16–24pp—2Ch 21:5–10,20

¹⁶In the fifth year of Joram^t son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram^u son of Jehoshaphat began his reign as king of Judah. ¹⁷He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. ¹⁸He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter^v of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. ¹⁹Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy^w Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp^x for David and his descendants forever.

²⁰In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.^{y 21}So Jehoram^b went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home. ²²To this day Edom has been in rebellion^z against Judah. Libnah^a revolted at the same time.

²³As for the other events of Jehoram’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? ²⁴Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king.