1Jehoshaphat kicked the bucket and was buried with his fam in David's city. His son Jehoram took over the throne, no cap.

2He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were Jehoshaphat's squad, king of Israel.

3Their dad hooked them up with mad gifts of silver, gold, and other dope stuff, plus some fortified cities in Judah. But the kingdom? That went to Jehoram, 'cause he was the firstborn.

4When Jehoram took the throne, he flexed hard and took out all his brothers with the sword, plus some of the princes in Israel. Savage move.

5Jehoram was 32 when he started reigning, and he held it down in Jerusalem for eight years.

6He walked the same path as the kings of Israel, just like Ahab's fam, 'cause he married Ahab's daughter and did some sus stuff in the Lord's eyes.

7But the Lord was like, “Nah, I’m not taking down David's house,” 'cause of the promise He made to David, giving him and his sons a light forever.

8During his reign, the Edomites were like, “We out,” and crowned their own king.

9Jehoram rolled out with his crew and all his chariots, rising up at night to take down the Edomites who had him surrounded, plus the chariot captains.

10So the Edomites bounced from Judah and Libnah did the same, 'cause he ditched the Lord God of his pops.

11He built high places in Judah, got the Jerusalem peeps to sin, and pressured Judah to join in.

12Elijah the prophet slid into his DMs with a message from the Lord God of David: “You ain't walked in Jehoshaphat's or Asa's ways.”

13But you followed the kings of Israel, leading Judah and Jerusalem to go wild, just like Ahab's crew, and you even took out your better bros.

14Yo, the Lord's about to hit your people, kids, wives, and all your stuff with a major plague.

15You'll be sick with some crazy gut issues, until it’s just too much to handle.

16The Lord stirred up the Philistines and Arabians against Jehoram, right by the Ethiopians.

17They rolled into Judah, raided the king's crib, and took everything, including his sons and wives, leaving him with just Jehoahaz, his youngest.

18After all this, the Lord hit him with an incurable gut disease.

19So, after two years, his guts fell out 'cause of his sickness, and he died from some nasty diseases. His people didn’t even burn anything for him, like they did for his fathers.

20He was 32 when he started reigning, held it down in Jerusalem for eight years, and dipped without anyone caring. They buried him in David's city, but not in the kings' tombs.

1Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

2And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

3And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

4Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

5Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

6And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

7Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

8In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.

9Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.

10So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.

11Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

12And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

13But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:

14Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

15And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

16Moreover the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:

17And they came up into Judah, and brake 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 never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

18And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

19And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

20Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.