Jehoram Dies^(A)

¹⁸ After these things happened, the Lord ·gave Jehoram [struck/afflicted/^Tsmote him with] a disease in his ·intestines [bowels] that could not be cured. ¹⁹ After he was sick for two years, Jehoram’s ·intestines [bowels] ·came out [protruded] because of the disease, and he died in ·terrible pain [agony]. The people did not make a funeral fire to honor Jehoram as they had done for his ·ancestors [fathers].

²⁰ Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he ·ruled [reigned] eight years in Jerusalem. No one ·was sad [regretted] when he died. He was buried in the City of David [^CJerusalem], but not in the ·graves for [tombs of] the kings.

²³ The other acts of Jehoram and all the things he did ·are [^Lare they not…?] written in the book of the ·history [chronicles; annals; 1:18] of the kings of Judah. ²⁴ Jehoram ·died [^Llay down/^Tslept with his fathers/ancestors] and was buried with his ·ancestors [fathers] in the City of David [^CJerusalem], and Jehoram’s son Ahaziah ·ruled [became king] in his place.