1. JEHOSHAPHAT SLEPT with his fathers and was buried with [them] in the City of David. Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2. He had brothers: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah, all the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
3. Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and precious things, together with fortified cities in Judah, but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, the firstborn.
4. When Jehoram had ascended to the kingship of his father, he strengthened himself and slew all his brethren with the sword and also some of Israel's princes.
5. Jehoram at thirty-two years of age began his eight-year reign in Jerusalem.
6. He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for he married the daughter of Ahab and did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
7. But the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because He had made a covenant with David and promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever.
8. In Jehoram's days, the Edomites revolted from the rule of Judah and set up for themselves a king.