II Chronicles 21 · דברי הימים ב

Now Yehoshafat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Yehoram his son reigned in his stead.

And he had brothers, the sons of Yehoshafat, ῾Azaryahu, and Yeĥi᾽el, and Zekharyahu, and ῾Azaryahu, and Mikha᾽el, and Shefatyahu: all these were the sons of Yehoshafat king of Yisra᾽el.

And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Yehuda: but he gave the kingdom to Yehoram; because he was the firstborn.

Now when Yehoram was taken over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Yisra᾽el.

Yehoram was thirty two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Yerushalayim.

And he walked in the way of the kings of Yisra᾽el, as did the house of Aĥ᾽av: for he had a daughter of Aĥ᾽av to wife: and he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

But the Lord did not desire to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons for ever.

In his days Edom revolted from under the dominion of Yehuda, and made themselves a king.

Then Yehoram went out with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the men of Edom who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots.

So Edom revolted from under the hand of Yehuda to this day. Then also did Livna revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.

Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Yehuda and caused the inhabitants of Yerushalayim to go astray, and drew Yehuda away.

And there came a writing to him from Eliyyahu the prophet, saying, Thus says the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not followed the ways of Yehoshafat thy father, nor the ways of Asa king of Yehuda,

but hast followed the way of the kings of Yisra᾽el and hast made Yehuda and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim to become unfaithful, like the unfaithfulness of the house of Aĥ᾽av, and thou hast also slain thy brothers of thy father’s house, who were better than thyself:

behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

And the Lord stirred up against Yehoram the spirit of the Pelishtim, and of the ῾Arvim who were near the Kushim:

and they came up into Yehuda, and broke 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 not a son left him, except Yeho᾽aĥaz, the youngest of his sons.

And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels came out by reasons of his sickness: so he died in great agony. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

Thirty two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Yerushalayim for eight years, and departed joyless. And they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.