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This Joram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted eight years. (2 Chronicles 21, 5)
It was in Joram’s days that the Edomites renounced their allegiance to Juda, and set up a king of their own choice. (2 Chronicles 21, 8)
A letter, too, was brought to him, written by the prophet Elias, with a message from the Lord, the God of his father David: Not for thee the example of thy father Josaphat, and of king Asa, that reigned in Juda before thee; (2 Chronicles 21, 12)
It was his youngest son, Ochozias, that the citizens of Jerusalem made king in his place. All his elder brothers had been killed by Arab freebooters, that fell on the camp where they were lodged; and so Ochozias became Joram’s heir, and reigned in Juda. (2 Chronicles 22, 1)
He shared, too, their designs, and marched with the king of Israel, Joram that was son to Achab, against Hazael, king of Syria. They met at Ramoth-Galaad, and there Joram was wounded by the Syrians, (2 Chronicles 22, 5)
so that he must go back to Jezrahel to recover; wounds a many he had received in the battle we speak of. And when Joram, son of Achab, lay sick at Jezrahel, Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda came there to visit him.✻ (2 Chronicles 22, 6)
It was the divine will, for Ochozias’ punishment, that he should pay Joram this visit, and with him should offer battle to Jehu, son of Namsi, whom the Lord had anointed king to make an end of Achab’s line. (2 Chronicles 22, 7)
Jehu it was that made enquiry after Ochozias himself, who was found still hiding in the kingdom of Samaria, and so brought before him and slain. Yet he was given burial; was he not descended from king Josaphat, a king who had set his whole heart on following the Lord?✻ Little hope there seemed then of Juda being governed any longer by Ochozias’ kindred. (2 Chronicles 22, 9)
Only Joas, Ochozias’ son, was rescued by the princess Josabeth, who stole him away while all the other princes were being slain, and hid him, with his nurse, in the room where the bedding was stored up. This Josabeth, who hid him, was a daughter of king Joram’s, sister to Ochozias and wife to the high priest Joiada. Joas, then, escaped murder at Athalia’s hands, (2 Chronicles 22, 11)
There, in the Lord’s own house, they all engaged their loyalty to the king; Here, said Joiada, is the heir to the throne; we must make him king, in pursuance of the Lord’s will for the posterity of David. (2 Chronicles 23, 3)
The king must have a bodyguard of Levites, all fully armed, ready to slay anyone else who tries to enter the temple, attending the king closely wherever he goes. (2 Chronicles 23, 7)
Joiada supplied the captains with spears, shields and bucklers, that king David had put up as offerings in the Lord’s house; (2 Chronicles 23, 9)
