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36 And he was partner with him in making 9 And Joram went over with his princes, and
ships, to go to Tharsis: and they made the ships all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night,
in Asiongaber. and defeated the Edomites who had surrounded
37 And Eliezer the son of Dodau of Maresa him, and all the captains of his cavalry.
prophesied to Josaphat, saying: Because thou 10 However Edom revolted, from being un-
hast made a league with Ochozias, the Lord hath der the dominion of Juda unto this day: at that
destroyed thy works, and the ships are broken, time Lobna also revolted, from being under his
and they could not go to Tharsis. hand. For he had forsaken the Lord the God of
his fathers.
11 Moreover he built also high places in the
Chapter 21 cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of
Jerusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to
And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was transgress.
buried with them in the city of David: and Jo-
12 And there was a letter brought him from
ram his son reigned in his stead. Eliseus the prophet, in which it was written:
2 And he had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy fa-
Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azaria, ther: Because thou hast not walked in the ways
and Michael, and Saphatias, all these were the of Josaphat thy father nor in the ways of Asa
sons of Josaphat king of Juda. king of Juda,
3 And their father gave them great gifts of sil- 13 But hast walked in the ways of the kings
ver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhab-
in Juda: but the kingdom he gave to Joram, be- itants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, im-
cause he was the eldest. itating the fornication of the house of Achab,
4 So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the
father: and when he had established himself, he house of thy father, better men than thyself,
slew all his brethren with the sword, and some 14 Behold the Lord will strike thee with a
of the princes of Israel. great plague, with all thy people, and thy chil-
5 Joram was two and thirty years old when dren, and thy wives, and all thy substance.
he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in 15 And thou shalt be sick of a very grievous
Jerusalem. disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come
6 And he walked in the ways of the kings of out by little and little every day.
Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his 16 And the Lord stirred up against Joram the
wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who
the sight of the Lord. border on the Ethiopians.
7 But the Lord would not destroy the house 17 And they came up into the land of Juda,
of David: because of the covenant which he had and wasted it, and they carried away all the sub-
made with him: and because he had promised to stance that was found in the king’s house, his
give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever. sons also, and his wives: so that there was no
8 In those days Edom revolted, from being son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.
subject to Juda, and made themselves a king. 18 And besides all this the Lord struck him