2 Cronica 21
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Si Haring Jehoram ng Juda(A)
21 Namatay si Jehoshafat at inilibing sa Lunsod ni David sa libingan ng kanyang mga ninuno. Pumalit sa kanya ang kanyang anak na si Jehoram. 2 Ang iba pang mga anak na lalaki ni Haring Jehoshafat ng Juda ay sina Azarias, Jehiel, Zacarias, Azarias, Micael at Sefatias. 3 Pinamanahan sila ng kanilang ama ng maraming pilak, ginto at iba pang mahahalagang ari-arian. Binigyan din sila ng mga may pader na lunsod sa Juda, ngunit kay Jehoram ibinigay ang paghahari sapagkat siya ang panganay. 4 Nang matatag na ang paghahari ni Jehoram, pinatay niya ang kanyang mga kapatid at ang ilan pang pinuno sa Juda. 5 Tatlumpu't dalawang taon siya nang magsimulang maghari at walong taóng namahala sa Juda. Sa Jerusalem siya nanirahan. 6 Sapagkat napangasawa niya ang anak ni Ahab, ginawa rin niya ang mga bagay na hindi kalugud-lugod kay Yahweh. Nagpakasama rin siya tulad ng mga naging hari ng Israel, tulad ng sambahayan ni Ahab. 7 Ngunit(B) ayaw wasakin ni Yahweh ang paghahari ng angkan ni David alang-alang sa kanyang pangako kay David. Ipinangako ni Yahweh na ang paghahari ay hindi niya aalisin sa angkan ni David magpakailanman.
8 Nang(C) panahon ng pamamahala ni Jehoram, naghimagsik ang Edom laban sa Juda at naglagay ng sariling hari. 9 Inilabas ni Jehoram at ng kanyang mga pinuno ang lahat nilang karwahe at sinalakay ang Edom. Gabi nang sila'y sumalakay, ngunit napaligiran sila at natalo. 10 Kaya mula noon, hindi na muling nasakop ng Juda ang Edom. Naghimagsik din kay Jehoram ng Juda ang Lunsod ng Libna dahil sa pagtalikod nito kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kanyang mga ninuno.
11 Hindi lamang iyon, nagtayo pa siya ng mga sambahan ng mga pagano sa mga burol ng Juda at nanguna sa mga taga-Jerusalem sa pagsamba sa mga diyus-diyosan. Siya ang nanguna sa mga taga-Juda para gumawa ng kasamaan. 12 Tumanggap si Jehoram ng isang sulat mula kay Elias na isang propeta. Ang sabi sa liham:
“Ito ang mensahe ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ni David na iyong ama, ‘Hindi mo sinundan ang halimbawa ng iyong amang si Jehoshafat at ni Asa na hari sa Juda. 13 Sa halip, ang sinunod mo'y ang ginawa ng mga hari sa Israel. Inakit mo sa masamang gawain ang Juda at ang mga taga-Jerusalem gaya ng ginawa sa Israel ng sambahayan ni Ahab. Pinatay mo ang iyong mga kapatid at kasambahay na mas mabuti kaysa iyo. 14 Dahil dito, paparusahan ni Yahweh ang iyong bayan, ang iyong mga asawa't anak, at mawawasak ang lahat ng mga ari-arian mo. 15 Magkakasakit ka nang malubha at luluwa ang mga bituka mo sa tindi ng hirap na daranasin mo sa araw-araw.’”
16 Ginamit ni Yahweh ang mga Filisteo at ang mga Arabong malapit sa Etiopia laban kay Jehoram. 17 Kaya't nilusob ng mga ito ang Juda at sinamsam lahat ang ari-arian sa palasyo. Binihag nila ang lahat ng anak at asawa ng hari, maliban sa kanyang bunsong anak na lalaking si Ahazias.[a]
18 Pagkatapos niyon, si Jehoram ay pinadapuan ni Yahweh ng malubhang sakit sa bituka, isang karamdamang walang lunas. 19 Makalipas ang dalawang taon, lumuwa ang kanyang bituka at dumanas siya ng matinding hirap hanggang sa siya'y mamatay. Hindi man lamang siya ipinagluksa ng kanyang mga kababayan; di tulad ng ginawa nila sa kanyang mga ninuno. 20 Si Jehoram ay tatlumpu't dalawang taon nang magsimulang maghari, at walong taon siyang namahala. Wala isa mang nalungkot sa kanyang pagkamatay. Doon siya inilibing sa Lunsod ni David ngunit hindi isinama sa libingan ng mga hari.
Footnotes
- 2 Cronica 21:17 Ahazias: Sa tekstong Hebreo ay “Jehoahaz” , na isang paraan ng pagbaybay sa pangalang ito.
2 Chronicles 21
King James Version
21 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
7 Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.
9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.
11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
14 Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
16 Moreover the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
18 And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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