¹⁷He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.^* ¹⁸He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.^* ¹⁹Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David, since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his descendants forever.^*

²⁰In his days Edom revolted against the rule of Judah and set up a king of their own.^* ²¹Then Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. He set out by night and attacked the Edomites and their chariot commanders who had surrounded him,^s but his army fled home.^* ²²So Edom has been in revolt against the rule of Judah to this day. Libnah also revolted at the same time.^* ²³Now the rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah? ²⁴So Joram slept with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David; his son Ahaziah succeeded him.^*

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Footnotes

sMeaning of Heb uncertain

Cross references

*2 Chr 21:5–10
*v 27
*2 Sam 7:13; 1 Kings 11:36; 2 Chr 21:7
*1 Kings 22:47; 2 Kings 3:27; 2 Chr 21:8–10
*2 Sam 18:17; 19:8
*2 Chr 21:10
*2 Chr 21:20; 22:1