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2 Chronicles 20
³⁵ Some time later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who was very wicked.
³⁶ Together they built a fleet of trading ships at the port of Ezion-geber.
³⁷ Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat. He said, “Because you have allied yourself with King Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy your work.” So the ships met with disaster and never put out to sea.
2 Chronicles 21
¹ When Jehoshaphat died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Jehoram became the next king.
² Jehoram’s brothers—the other sons of Jehoshaphat—were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.
³ Their father had given each of them valuable gifts of silver, gold, and costly items, and also some of Judah’s fortified towns. However, he designated Jehoram as the next king because he was the oldest.
⁴ But when Jehoram had become solidly established as king, he killed all his brothers and some of the other leaders of Judah.
⁵ Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
⁶ But Jehoram followed the example of the kings of Israel and was as wicked as King Ahab, for he had married one of Ahab’s daughters. So Jehoram did what was evil in the LORD’s sight.
⁷ But the LORD did not want to destroy David’s dynasty, for he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.
⁸ During Jehoram’s reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king.