2 Chronicles 21

1 and to lie down: be dead Jehoshaphat with father his and to bury with father his in/on/with city David and to reign Jehoram son: child his underneath: instead him

Then Jehoshaphat died, and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoram became the king [of Judah].

2 and to/for him brother: male-sibling son: child Jehoshaphat Azariah and Jehiel and Zechariah and Azariah and Michael and Shephatiah all these son: child Jehoshaphat king Israel

His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.

3 and to give: give to/for them father their gift many to/for silver: money and to/for gold and to/for precious thing with city fortress in/on/with Judah and [obj] [the] kingdom to give: give to/for Jehoram for he/she/it [the] firstborn

Before Jehoshaphat died, he gave them gifts of silver and gold and other valuable things. He also appointed them to rule various cities in Judah that had walls around them. But he appointed Jehoram to be the king of Judah, because Jehoram was his oldest son.

4 and to arise: rise Jehoram upon kingdom father his and to strengthen: strengthen and to kill [obj] all brother: male-sibling his in/on/with sword and also from ruler Israel

After Jehoram was completely in control of his father’s kingdom, he had all of his [younger] brothers executed, along with some of the leaders of the nation.

5 son: aged thirty and two year Jehoram in/on/with to reign he and eight year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem

Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.

6 and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct king Israel like/as as which to make: do house: household Ahab for daughter Ahab to be to/for him woman: wife and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD

But he did many of the [evil] things that the kings of Israel had done. He did many things that Yahweh considers to be evil, things that the family of Ahab had done, because he married one of Ahab’s daughters.

7 and not be willing LORD to/for to ruin [obj] house: household David because [the] covenant which to cut: make(covenant) to/for David and like/as as which to say to/for to give: give to/for him lamp and to/for son: descendant/people his all [the] day: always

However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah.

8 in/on/with day his to transgress Edom from underneath: owning hand: owner Judah and to reign upon them king

While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.

9 and to pass Jehoram with ruler his and all [the] chariot with him and to be to arise: rise night and to smite [obj] Edom [the] to turn: surround to(wards) him and [obj] ruler [the] chariot

So Jehoram and his officers and his men in chariots went to Edom. There, the army of Edom surrounded them. Jehoram escaped during the night.

10 and to transgress Edom from underneath: owning hand: owner Judah till [the] day: today [the] this then to transgress Libnah in/on/with time [the] he/she/it from underneath: owning hand: owner his for to leave: forsake [obj] LORD God father his

But the king of Judah was never able to regain control of Edom, and Edom is still not controlled by Judah. [The people in] Libnah [city between Judah and Philistia] also rebelled against Judah. Those things happened because Jehoram turned away from [obeying] Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [belonged to].

11 also he/she/it to make high place in/on/with mountain: hill country Judah and to fornicate [obj] to dwell Jerusalem and to banish [obj] Judah

On the hilltops in Judah he had also built shrines [to worship idols], and had caused the people of Judah to stray away from Yahweh by worshiping foreign gods.

12 and to come (in): come to(wards) him writing from Elijah [the] prophet to/for to say thus to say LORD God David father your underneath: because of which not to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct Jehoshaphat father your and in/on/with way: conduct Asa king Judah

One day, Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah. Elijah had written this in the letter: “This is what Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor [King] David [worshiped], says: 'You have not done things that please me like your father Jehoshaphat did or what King Asa did.

13 and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct king Israel and to fornicate [obj] Judah and [obj] to dwell Jerusalem like/as to fornicate house: household Ahab and also [obj] brother: male-sibling your house: household father your [the] pleasant from you to kill

Instead, you have continually done the [evil things] that the kings of Israel have done. You have encouraged the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to stop worshiping Yahweh, like the descendants of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, who were more righteous men than you are.

14 behold LORD to strike plague great: large in/on/with people your and in/on/with son: child your and in/on/with woman: wife your and in/on/with all property your

So now Yahweh is about to very severely punish the people in your kingdom and even your own children and your wives and everything that you own.

15 and you(m. s.) in/on/with sickness many in/on/with sickness belly your till to come out: issue belly your from [the] sickness day upon day

And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”

16 and to rouse LORD upon Jehoram [obj] spirit: temper [the] Philistine and [the] Arabian which upon hand: to Ethiopian

Then Yahweh caused some men from the Philistia people-group and some Arabs who lived near the coast [of the Mediterranean Sea], where people from Ethiopia had settled, to become angry with Jehoram.

17 and to ascend: rise in/on/with Judah and to break up/open her and to take captive [obj] all [the] property [the] to find to/for house: home [the] king and also son: child his and woman: wife his and not to remain to/for him son: child that if: except if: except Ahaziah small: young son: child his

Their army invaded Judah and took away [from Jerusalem] all the valuable things that they found in the king’s palace, and even his sons and wives. His youngest son, Ahaziah, was the only one of his sons whom they did not take away.

18 and after all this to strike him LORD in/on/with belly his to/for sickness to/for nothing healing

After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.

19 and to be to/for day from day and like/as time to come out: extends [the] end to/for day: year two to come out: come belly his with sickness his and to die in/on/with disease bad: harmful and not to make to/for him people his fire like/as fire father his

About two years later, while he was in great pain, he died because of that disease. The people of Judah had made bonfires to honor his ancestors when they died, but they did not make a bonfire for Jehoram.

20 son: aged thirty and two to be in/on/with to reign he and eight year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and to go: went in/on/with not desire and to bury him in/on/with city David and not in/on/with grave [the] king

Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he died. His corpse was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but he was not buried where the other kings [of Judah] had been buried.