2 Chronicles

³Their 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. ⁴When 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. ⁵Jehoram at thirty-two years of age began his eight-year reign in Jerusalem. ⁶He 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. ⁷But 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. ⁸In Jehoram's days, the Edomites revolted from the rule of Judah and set up for themselves a king. ⁹Then Jehoram passed over [the Jordan] with his captains and all his chariots, and rose up by night and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot captains.