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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 21 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > 2 Chronicles 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/20.htm" title="2 Chronicles 20">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 21 <a href="../2_chronicles/22.htm" title="2 Chronicles 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.1" class="v14_21_1">1</span>Jehoshaphat died and was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Jehoram became king.</span></p><h3 class="s1">King Jehoram of Judah</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2KI 8:16-24">2 Kings 8.16-24</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.2" class="v14_21_2">2</span>King Jehoshaphat had seven sons: Jehoram, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah. </span><span class="v14_21_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.3" class="v14_21_3">3</span>Jehoshaphat gave each of them silver and gold, as well as other valuable gifts. He also put them in charge of the fortified cities in Judah, but he had chosen his oldest son Jehoram to succeed him as king.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.4" class="v14_21_4">4</span>After Jehoram had taken control of Judah, he had his brothers killed, as well as some of the nation's leaders. </span><span class="v14_21_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.5" class="v14_21_5">5</span>He was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled eight years from Jerusalem.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.6" class="v14_21_6">6</span>Jehoram married Ahab's daughter and followed the sinful example of Ahab's family and the other kings of Israel. He disobeyed the <span class="nd">Lord</span> by doing wrong, </span><span class="v14_21_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.7" class="v14_21_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.21.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> but because the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had made a solemn promise to King David that someone from his family would always rule in Judah, he refused to wipe out David's descendants.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.8" class="v14_21_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.21.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> While Jehoram was king, the people of Edom rebelled and chose their own king. </span><span class="v14_21_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.9" class="v14_21_9">9</span>Jehoram, his officers, and his cavalry marched to Edom, where the Edomite army surrounded them. He escaped during the night, </span><span class="v14_21_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.10" class="v14_21_10">10</span>but Judah was never able to regain control of Edom. Even the town of Libnah<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.21.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> rebelled at that time.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_10">Those things happened because Jehoram had turned away from the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the God his ancestors had worshiped. </span><span class="v14_21_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.11" class="v14_21_11">11</span>Jehoram even built local shrines<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.21.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> in the hills of Judah and let the people sin against the <span class="nd">Lord</span> by worshiping foreign gods.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.12" class="v14_21_12">12</span>One day, Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet that said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_21_12">I have a message for you from the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God your ancestor David worshiped. He knows that you have not followed the example of Jehoshaphat your father or Asa your grandfather. </span><span class="v14_21_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.13" class="v14_21_13">13</span>Instead you have acted like those sinful kings of Israel and have encouraged the people of Judah to stop worshiping the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, just as Ahab and his descendants did. You even murdered your own brothers, who were better men than you.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_21_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.14" class="v14_21_14">14</span>Because you have done these terrible things, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will severely punish the people in your kingdom, including your own family, and he will destroy everything you own. </span><span class="v14_21_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.15" class="v14_21_15">15</span>You will be struck with a painful stomach disease and suffer until you die.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.16" class="v14_21_16">16</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> later caused the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Ethiopians<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.21.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> to become angry with Jehoram. </span><span class="v14_21_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.17" class="v14_21_17">17</span>They invaded Judah and stole the royal property from the palace, and they led Jehoram's wives and sons away as prisoners. The only one left behind was Ahaziah,<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.21.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> his youngest son.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.18" class="v14_21_18">18</span>After this happened, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease. </span><span class="v14_21_19"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.19" class="v14_21_19">19</span>About two years later, Jehoram died in terrible pain. No bonfire was built to honor him, even though the people had done this for his ancestors.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_21_20"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.21.20" class="v14_21_20">20</span>Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled 8 years from Jerusalem. He died, and no one even felt sad. He was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">21.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Even the town of Libnah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This was a town on the border between Philistia and Judah, which means that Jehoram was facing rebellion on both sides of his kingdom.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">21.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">local shrines: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 11.15.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">21.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Ethiopians: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 12.3.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">21.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Ahaziah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Jehoahaz,” another spelling of the name.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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