2 Chronicles 21: Jehoram’s Reign and His Punishment – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | A Wicked King, God’s Judgment, and Jehoram’s Downfall

Explore the intriguing details of 2 Chronicles 21 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow the story of Jehoram’s wicked reign, his killing of his brothers, God’s judgment on him and his people, and Jehoram’s painful disease and ultimate downfall. Perfect for deepening your understanding of the Bible, this powerful chapter provides insightful lessons on the consequences of disobedience and the supremacy of God’s justice. Immerse yourself in this inspiring chapter and let the Scriptures transform your life.

2 CHRONICLES 21 (NIV)

1 Then Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the
City of David. And Jehoram his son succeeded him as king.

2 Jehoram’s
brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu,
Michael and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

3
Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and articles of
value, as well as fortified cities in Judah, but he had given the kingdom to
Jehoram because he was his firstborn son.

4 When Jehoram established himself firmly over his father’s kingdom, he put
all his brothers to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel.

5
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in
Jerusalem eight years.

6 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the
house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the
eyes of the Lord.

7 Nevertheless, because of the covenant the Lord had made
with David, the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David. He had
promised to maintain a lamp for him and his descendants forever.

8 In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.

9 So Jehoram went there with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites
surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by
night.

10 To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah.
Libnah revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the Lord, the
God of his ancestors.

11 He had also built high places on the hills of Judah
and had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led
Judah astray.

12 Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said:
“This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not
followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah.

13 But
you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and
the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab
did. You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men
who were better than you.

14 So now the Lord is about to strike your people,
your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow.

15 You
yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease of the bowels, until the
disease causes your bowels to come out.’”

16 The Lord aroused against Jehoram the hostility of the Philistines and of
the Arabs who lived near the Cushites.

17 They attacked Judah, invaded it and
carried off all the goods found in the king’s palace, together with his sons
and wives. Not a son was left to him except Ahaziah, the youngest.

18 After all this, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the
bowels.

19 In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels
came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain. His people made no
funeral fire in his honor, as they had for his predecessors.

20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in
Jerusalem eight years. He passed away, to no one’s regret, and was buried in
the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.