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Jehoram
People's Dictionary of the Bible
or Jehoram (je-hô'ram), whom Jehovah has exalted. 1. The son and successor of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. He reigned eight years, three of which he was associated with his father, though some suppose that he reigned eight years alone. He married Athahah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel; and, through her influence, all the brothers of the king were murdered, and the gross idolatries of the Phœnicians were introduced into the kingdom of Judah. The Edomites revolted, and made themselves independent. The Philistines on one side, and the Arabians on the other, ravaged the country, and even Jerusalem and the royal palace. Jehoram was at length smitten with a malignant dysentery. He died miserably, and was denied the honors of a royal burial. He is also called Joram. 2 Kings 8:16; 2 Kings 8:21; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Chronicles 21:2. One of the priests. 2 Chronicles 17:8. 3. See Joram.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Jehoram'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/j/jehoram.html. 1893.
