II Chronicles · Chapter 21 King James Version

II Chronicles 21:5

🔍 Text

The Scripture

(5) Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Jehoram became king of Judah and killed all his brothers, walking in the wicked ways of the house of Ahab because he had married Ahab's daughter, and as a result Edom and Libnah revolted against Judah. Elijah sent Jehoram a letter of judgment, and the LORD afflicted him with invasions and a painful, incurable bowel disease that eventually killed him, and he died unlamented.

Read the full chapter and its overview →
Cross-references