And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
The verse concerns Jehoram king of Judah, who had received a written warning from Elijah because he had not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat and Asa, but had walked in the way of the kings of Israel, had led Judah and Jerusalem into unfaithfulness like the unfaithfulness of the house of Ahab, and had killed his own brothers who were better than himself. Before the sickness came, enemies invaded Judah and carried away all the possessions of the king's house together with his sons and his wives. The invaders were the Philistines and the Arabians near the Ethiopians, whom the Lord stirred up, and they left only his youngest son Jehoahaz.
After all this loss the Lord himself struck Jehoram in his bowels with an incurable and fatal disease, fulfilling Elijah's warning of great sickness. After two years Jehoram died of severe illness. His son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
The verse concerns Jehoram king of Judah, who had received a written warning from Elijah because he had not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat and Asa, but had walked in the way of the kings of Israel, had led Judah and Jerusalem into unfaithfulness like the unfaithfulness of the house of Ahab, and had killed his own brothers who were better than himself. Before the sickness came, enemies invaded Judah and carried away all the possessions of the king's house together with his sons and his wives. The invaders were the Philistines and the Arabians near the Ethiopians, whom the Lord stirred up, and they left only his youngest son Jehoahaz.
After all this loss the Lord himself struck Jehoram in his bowels with an incurable and fatal disease, fulfilling Elijah's warning of great sickness. After two years Jehoram died of severe illness. His son Ahaziah reigned in his place.