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Then Elijah the prophet wrote Jehoram this letter:

“This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: You have not followed the good example of your father, Jehoshaphat, or your grandfather King Asa of Judah. Instead, you have been as evil as the kings of Israel. You have led the people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship idols, just as King Ahab did in Israel. And you have even killed your own brothers, men who were better than you. So now the LORD is about to strike you, your people, your children, your wives, and all that is yours with a heavy blow. You yourself will suffer with a severe intestinal disease that will get worse each day until your bowels come out.”

Then the LORD stirred up the Philistines and the Arabs, who lived near the Ethiopians, to attack Jehoram. They marched against Judah, broke down its defenses, and carried away everything of value in the royal palace, including the king’s sons and his wives. Only his youngest son, Ahaziah, was spared.

After all this, the LORD struck Jehoram with an incurable intestinal disease. The disease grew worse and worse, and at the end of two years it caused his bowels to come out, and he died in agony. His people did not build a great funeral fire to honor him as they had done for his ancestors.

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. No one was sorry when he died. They buried him in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery.

2 Chronicles 21:12-20

The watchman exclaimed, “The messenger has met them, but he isn’t returning either! It must be Jehu son of Nimshi, for he’s driving like a madman.”
2 Kings 9:20

• King Jehoram lived an evil life. 
• God judged him, and he died. 
• The people did not mourn. 
• The people did not honor him. 
• The people did not bury him as a king. 
• King Jehoram loved the wrong man…himself.
• He killed all of his brothers. 
• They were all better than him. 
• King Jehoram loved the wrong woman. 
• He married Ahab and Jezebel’s daughter. 
• They did evil in the sight of the LORD. 
• King Jehoram loved the wrong god. 
• Jehoshaphat taught his son the ways of the faith in the one true God. 
• Jehoram went another way. 
• Jehoram led the city and the nation into unfaithfulness. 
• When he died, no one was sorry. 
• What would happen in our world if we lived in a way that people would notice something different about us?
• We give our hearts to Jesus Christ…and live like it. 
• We give our minds to Jesus Christ…and live like it. 
• We give everything to Jesus Christ…and live like it. 
• We can show the world that a life lived for Jesus is the greatest adventure anyone can ever know. 
• Our life can matter…for the glory of God!

Use your life to glorify God in all ways!!