What the Bible says about Jehoram's Sin
(From Forerunner Commentary)

2 Chronicles 21:1-4 Jehoram kills off his own brothers to make sure that they do not usurp the throne. If we give him the benefit of the doubt, from a carnal standpoint, he may have had good reason to do what he did, because his brothers may have been indicating that they were already plotting to overthrow him out of jealousy. Perhaps they thought that they were every bit as good as Jehoram, and that they should sit on the throne instead. Jehoram, though, had more power and beat them to the punch, putting them to death before they assassinated him. The background for this event begins in II Chronicles 18:1, where it innocently says, "Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab." Ahab was possibly the most wicked king that Israel ever had, and his wife was the infamous Jezebel. How were relations cemented between Jehoshaphat and Ahab? They arranged a marriage! Jehoshaphat's son, Jehoram, married Ahab and Jezebel's daughter, Athaliah. This was a common way of making an alliance in those days. They became blood relatives. John W. Ritenbaugh Why Three Kings Are Missing From Matthew 1 Related Topics: Ahab | Ahab and Jezebel | Alliances | Alliances without God | Athaliah | Jehoram | Jehoram's Pernicious Evil | Jehoram's Sin | Jehoshaphat | Jezebel

2 Chronicles 21:12-20 Things got so bad that Elijah, who had been carried away in a whirlwind about seven or eight years before, felt compelled to send a letter to Jehoram. The fact that Jehoram was not buried with the other kings indicates the regard in which he was held by his subjects. This tragedy began with a foolish marriage arrangement, which had tragic results for Judah, because Jehoram preferred to follow his evil wife rather than his godly father. Jehoram's evil was so pernicious—it just kept growing and growing—that the people refused to bury him with the other kings. He died unregretted and unlamented. No one cried at his death, yet this evil man is on the list of Christ forebears. John W. Ritenbaugh Why Three Kings Are Missing From Matthew 1 Related Topics: Elijah | Genealogy of Jesus Christ | Jehoram | Jehoram's Pernicious Evil | Jehoram's Sin

2 Chronicles 21:18-20 The language here indicates the low regard in which his subjects held him. His regrettable story had its beginnings in a foolish, arranged marriage and ended with tragic results for Judah. Jehoram preferred to follow the ways of his evil wife and her equally wicked parents rather than his godly father. Jehoram's evil was so pernicious that it just kept growing and consuming more victims. The people refused to honor him with burial among the other kings of Judah. He died unlamented and unmissed, yet this evil man is on the list of Christ's forebears. John W. Ritenbaugh Three Missing Kings (Part One) Related Topics: Jehoram | Jehoram's Pernicious Evil | Jehoram's Sin | Marriages, Dynastic | Three Missing Kings in Matthew 1

 

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