Joram, a mere mention in Fourth Kings…
Day 127: OT Fourth Kings C6-10; Inspiring Perspective, Jehu Obeys, & Confusion!
Joran, with lots of rich details in Second Paralipomenon:
And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
And he had brethren… And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda; but the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the oldest.
So when Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.
Joran was two and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.
And there was a letter brought him (Joram) from Elias the prophet, in which it is written: Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Josaphat thy father, nor in ways of Asa king of Juda, but hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than myself, behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance. And thou shall be sick of a grievous disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day.
And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians. And thy came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, his sons also, and his wives, so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.
And besides this, the Lord struck him with an incurable disease in his bowels. And as day came after day, and time rolled on, two whole years passed: then after being wasted with a long consumption, so as to void his very bowels, his disease ended his life. And he died of a most wretched illness and the people did not make a funeral for him according to the manner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors… And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the city of David: but not in the sepulchers of the kings.
And then there was Joas and Joiada rebuilding the Temple in Fourth Kings:
Day 129: OT Fourth Kings C11-16; A Young King, Finances, & the Kings’ Book of Words!
But no mention of the betrayal of Joiada after his death and murder of his son Zacharias which is so richly detailed in Second Paralipomenon:
Joas was seven years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem… And he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest.
After this Joas had a mind to repair the temple of the Lord…
For that wicked woman Athalia, and her children have destroyed the house of God, and adorned the temple of Baal with all the things that had been dedicated in the temple of the Lord.
And they (Joas and Joiada) made a proclamation in Juda and Jerusalem, that every man should bring to the Lord the money which Moses the servant of God appointed for all of Israel, in the desert. And all the princes, and all the people rejoiced: and going in they contributed and cast so much into the chest of the Lord, that it was filled… and there was gathered an immense sum of money.
But Joiada grew old, and was full of days, and he died when he was a hundred and thirty years old. And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good to Israel, and to his house.
And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the king: and he was soothed by their services and hearkened to them. And they forsook the temple of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served groves and idols, and wrath came upon Juda and Jerusalem for this sin. And he sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord, and they would not give ear when they testified against them.
Matthew 12:28.
The spirit of God then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the commandment of the Lord which will not be for your, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake you? And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king’s (Joas) commandment in the court of the house of the Lord. And king Joas did not remember the kindness that Joiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he (Zacharias) died, he said: The Lord see, and require it.
And when a year was come about, the army of Syria came up against him (Joas): and they came to Juda and Jerusalem and killed all the princes of the people, and they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus, And whereas there came a very small number of Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude, because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers: and on Joas they executed shameful judgments. And departing they left him in great diseases: and his servants rose up against him, for revenge of the blood of the son of Joiada the priest, and they slew him (Joas) in his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of avid, but not in the sepulchers of the kings… and Amasias his son reigned in his stead.
And the generations of David continued:
And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchers, because he was a leper: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.
(David—Solomon—Roboam—Abia—Asa—Josaphat—Joram—Ochozias—Joas—Amasias—Ozias—Joatham)
So now the generations of David number twelve (by my count) with the rich detail of Second Paralipomonen complementing the four Books of Kings!
Day 151: Reading The Bible with a TROML Perspective; Rich in Detail; Now Twelve Generations of David.
Read and inspired by the Old Testament, The Second Book of Paralipomenon, Chapters 21-26
Bible Notes:
This book opens with the story of Solomon: his building of the Temple in Jerusalem, the beginning of sacrifices therein, his great riches, and finally his death. The latter section of the book records the history of the Southern Kingdom, Juda, up to the Babylonia Captivity. The last two verses contain the opening words of a decree by Cyrus, King of Persia, allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem and to rebuild the Temple.
2 Paralipomenon Chapter 21: Joram succeeds Josaphat; Joram murders his brothers; Joram’s wicked reign; Edom and Lobna revolt; The prophecy of Elias; Philistines and Arabians invade Juda; Sickness and death of Joram.
And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
(David—Solomon—Roboam—Abia—Asa—Josaphat—Joram)
And he had brethren… And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda; but the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the oldest.
So when Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.
Joran was two and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.
And there was a letter brought him (Joram) from Elias the prophet, in which it is written: Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Josaphat thy father, nor in ways of Asa king of Juda, but hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than myself, behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance. And thou shall be sick of a grievous disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day.
And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians. And thy came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, his sons also, and his wives, so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.
And besides this, the Lord struck him with an incurable disease in his bowels. And as day came after day, and time rolled on, two whole years passed: then after being wasted with a long consumption, so as to void his very bowels, his disease ended his life. And he died of a most wretched illness and the people did not make a funeral for him according to the manner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors… And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the city of David: but not in the sepulchers of the kings.
2 Paralipomenon Chapter 22: Ochozias’ wicked reign; Jehu slays Ochozias; Athalia usurps the throne.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ochozias his (Joran or Josaphat???) youngest son king in his place…
(David—Solomon—Roboam—Abia—Asa—Josaphat—Joram—Ochozias)
Note: confusing as Joachaz was Joram’s youngest son???
So Ochozias the son of Joram king of Juda reigned. Ochozias was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Athalia… He (Ochozias) also walked in the ways of the house of Achab: for his mother pushed him on to do wickedly. So he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Achab did: for they were his counselors after the death of his father (Joram), to his destruction.
And he (Ochozias) walked after their counsels. And he went with Joram the son of Achab king of Israel, to fight against Hazael king of Syria, at Ramoth Galaad: and the Syrians wounded Joram.
And Ochozias the son of Joram king of Juda, went down to visit Joram the son of Achab in Jezrahel where he lay sick. For it was the will of God against Ochozias that he should come to Joram: and when he was come should go out also against Jehu… whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Achab. So when Jehu was rooting out the house of Achab, he found the princes of Juda, and the sons of the brethren of Ochozias, who served him, and he slew them. And he sought for Ochozias himself… and when he was brought to him (Jehu), he killed him (Ochozias), and they buried him: because he was the son of Josaphat, who had sought the Lord with all his heart. And there was no more hope that any one should reign of the race of Ochozias
Confusing as above stated Ochozias was the son of Joram who was the son of Josaphat???
For Athalia his (Ochozias) mother, seeing that her son was dead, rose up, and killed all the royal family of the house of Joram. But Josabeth the king’s daughter took Joas the son of Ochozias and… now Josabeth that hid him (Joas) was the daughter of king Joram, wife of Joiada the high priest, and sister of Ochozias, and therefore Athalia did not kill him. And he was with them hid in the house of God six years, during which time Athalia reigned over the land.
2 Paralipomenon Chapter 23: Joiada’s conspiracy against Athalia; Joas is crowned king; Athalia is killed; Covenant renewed.
And in the seventh year Joiada being encouraged… made a covenant with them… And all the multitude made a covenant with the king (Joas) in the house of the God: and Joiada said to them: Behold the king’s (Ochozias) son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of the sons of David.
And they brought out the king’s (Ochozias) son, and put the crown upon him, and the testimony, and gave him the law to hold in his hand, and they made him king: and Joiada the high priest and his sons anointed him: and they prayed for him (Joas), and said: God save the king.
(David—Solomon—Roboam—Abia—Asa—Josaphat—Joram—Ochozias—Joas)
Now Athalia heard the noise… she rent her garments, and said: Treason, treason… and when she is without (the Temple) let her be killed with the sword… they killed her there.
And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the Lord… and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars… as it is written in the law of Moses, with joy and singing, according to the disposition of David… and they brought down the king (Joas) from the house of the Lord, and brought him through the upper gate into the king’s house, and set him on the royal throne. And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: bit Athalia was slain with the sword.
2 Paralipomenon Chapter 24: Joas reigns well; The Temple repaired; Death of Joiada; Joas turns to idolatry; Zacharias is stoned; Divine punishment.
Joas was seven years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem… And he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest.
After this Joas had a mind to repair the temple of the Lord…
For that wicked woman Athalia, and her children have destroyed the house of God, and adorned the temple of Baal with all the things that had been dedicated in the temple of the Lord.
And they (Joas and Joiada) made a proclamation in Juda and Jerusalem, that every man should bring to the Lord the money which Moses the servant of God appointed for all of Israel, in the desert. And all the princes, and all the people rejoiced: and going in they contributed and cast so much into the chest of the Lord, that it was filled… and there was gathered an immense sum of money.
But Joiada grew old, and was full of days, and he died when he was a hundred and thirty years old. And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good to Israel, and to his house.
And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the king: and he was soothed by their services and hearkened to them. And they forsook the temple of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served groves and idols, and wrath came upon Juda and Jerusalem for this sin. And he sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord, and they would not give ear when they testified against them.
The spirit of God then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the commandment of the Lord which will not be for your, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake you? And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king’s (Joas) commandment in the court of the house of the Lord. And king Joas did not remember the kindness that Joiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he (Zacharias) died, he said: The Lord see, and require it.
And when a year was come about, the army of Syria came up against him (Joas): and they came to Juda and Jerusalem and killed all the princes of the people, and they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus, And whereas there came a very small number of Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude, because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers: and on Joas they executed shameful judgments. And departing they left him in great diseases: and his servants rose up against him, for revenge of the blood of the son of Joiada the priest, and they slew him (Joas) in his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of avid, but not in the sepulchers of the kings… and Amasias his son reigned in his stead.
(David—Solomon—Roboam—Abia—Asa—Josaphat—Joram—Ochozias—Joas—Amasias)
2 Paralipomenon Chapter 25: Amasias kills his father’s murderers; Amasias disbands his army; Amasias conquers the children of Seir; Rejected soldiers kill three thousand; Amasias turns to idolatry; Joas defeats Amasias; Death of Amasias.
Amasias was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem… And he did what was good in the sight of the Lord: but yet not with a perfect heart. And when he saw himself strengthened in his kingdom, he put to death the servants that had slain the king his father. Bit he slew not their children, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying; The fathers shall not be slain for the children, nor the children for their fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
… found three hundred thousand young men that could go out to battle, and could hold the spear and the shield. He (Amasias) hired also of Israel a hundred thousand valiant men, for a hundred talents of silver.
But a man of God came to him, and said: O king, let not the army of Israel go out with thee, for the Lord is not with Israel, and all the children of Ephraim.
Amasias to the man of God: What will then become of the hundred talents which I have given to the soldiers of Israel?
And the man of God answered: The Lord is rich enough to be able to give thee much more than this.
Then Amasias separated the army that came to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: but they being much enraged against Juda, returned to their own country.
And Amasias taking courage led forth his people, and went to the vale of saltpits, and slew of the children of Seir ten thousand.
And other ten thousand men the sons of Juda took, and brought to the steep of a certain rock, and cast them down headlong from the top, and they all were broken to pieces.
But the army which Amasias had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, spread themselves among the cities of Juda, from Samaria to Bethhoron, and having killed three thousand took away much spoil.
But Amasias, after he had slain the Edomites, set up the gods of the children of Seir, which he had brought thence, to be his gods, and adored them, and burnt incense to them. Wherefore the Lord, being angry against Amasias, sent a prophet to him, to say to him: Why hast thou adored gods that have not delivered their own people out of thy hand? And when he spoke these things, he answered him: Art thou the king’s counselor? Be quiet, lest I kill thee. And the prophet departing, said: I know that God is minded to kill thee, because thou hast done this evil, and moreover hast not hearkened to my counsel.
Then Amasias king of Juda taking bad counsel, sent to Joas the son of Joachaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying: Come, let us see one another… Thou (Amasias) hast said: I have overthrown Edom, and therefore thy heart is lifted up with pride… Amasias would not hearken to him (Joas), because it was the Lord’s will that he should be delivered into the hands of enemies, because of the gods of Edom. So Joas king of Israel went up, and they presented themselves to be seen by one another: and Amasias king of Juda… fell before Israel, and they fled to their dwellings… And Joas king of Israel took Amasias king of Juda… and brought him to Jerusalem: and broked down the walls… and he took all the gold, and silver, and all the vessels, that he found in the house of God… and in the treasures of the king’s house. Moreover also the sons of the hostages, he brought back to Samaria.
And Amasias lived, after the death of Joas, fifteen years… And after he revolted against the Lord, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. And he fled to Lachis, and they sent, and killed him there. And they brought him back upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Paralipomenon Chapter 26: Ozias reigns well; Ozias prospers; Ozias improves defenses; Ozias becomes leprous; Joatham succeeds Ozias.
And all the people of Juda took his (Amasias) son Ozias, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of Amasias his father… and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father had done. And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias that understood and saw God: and as long as he sought the Lord, he directed him in all things.
(David—Solomon—Roboam—Abia—Asa—Josaphat—Joram—Ochozias—Joas—Amasias—Ozias)
Moreover he went forth and fought against the Philistines… and God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians… and against the Ammonites. And the Ammonites gave gifts to Ozias: and his name was spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt for his frequent victories.
And he made in Jerusalem engines of diverse kinds, which he placed in the towers, and in the corners of the walls, to shoot arrows, and great stones: and his name went forth far abroad, for the Lord helped him, and had strengthened him.
But when he was made strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction, and he neglected the Lord his God: and going into the temple of the Lord, he had a mind to burn incense upon the altar of incense. And immediately Azarias the priest going in… withstood the king and said: If doth not belong to thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but to the priests… go out of the sanctuary, do not despise: for this thing shall not be accounted for to thy glory by the Lord God. And Ozias was angry… threatened the priests… And presently there rose a leprosy in his forehead before the priests, in the house of the Lord at the altar of incense… himself also being frightened… he had quickly felt the stroke of the Lord. And Ozias the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a house apart, being full of leprosy for which he had been cast out of the house of the Lord. And Joatham his son governed the king’s house, and judged the people of the land.
And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchers, because he was a leper: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.
(David—Solomon—Roboam—Abia—Asa—Josaphat—Joram—Ochozias—Joas—Amasias—Ozias—Joatham)
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