2 Chronicles 21:6
He followed the evil ways of the kings of Israel, and was as bad as Ahab, for he had married one of Ahab's daughters. He did evil in the Lord's sight.
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5Jehoram was thirty-two when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years.
Cross References
1 Kings 16:25Omri did what was evil in the Lord's sight—in fact he did more evil than those who lived before him.
2 Chronicles 18:1Now Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and highly honored, and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.
2 Chronicles 22:2Ahaziah was twenty-two when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
Nehemiah 13:25So I confronted them and told them they were cursed. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God, saying, “You must not allow your daughters to marry their sons, or allow your sons—or yourselves— to marry their daughters.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 21:2-12
Jehoram's Wicked Reign. ( b. c. 889.) 1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 And 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. 3 And 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… Read the whole commentary →