1 约沙法和他的列祖同睡， 和他的列祖一起葬在大卫城里； 他的儿子约兰接续他作王。 2 约兰有几个兄弟， 就是约沙法的儿子亚撒利雅、耶歇、撒迦利雅、亚撒利雅、米迦勒和示法提雅； 这些人都是犹大王约沙法的儿子。 3 他们的父亲把许多礼物， 就是金、银、财宝， 以及犹大地的几座设防城都赐给了他们， 却把王位赐给了约兰， 因为他是长子。 4 约兰一登上了他父亲的王位， 巩固了自己的权势以后， 就用刀杀了他所有的兄弟和犹大的一些领袖。 5 约兰登基的时候是三十二岁， 他在耶路撒冷作王共八年。 6 他随从众以色列王的道路， 好像亚哈家所行的一样， 因为他娶了亚哈的女儿作妻子， 行耶和华看为恶的事。 7 耶和华因为自己和大卫所立的约， 不愿消灭大卫家； 却照着他应许的， 永远赐灯光给大卫和他的子孙。 8 约兰在位的日子， 以东人反叛， 脱离了犹大的统治， 自立一王统治他们。 9 约兰率领他的众军长和所有的战车一同前去； 他夜间起来， 攻击那些包围他的以东人和战车队长。 10 从此， 以东人反叛， 脱离了犹大的统治， 直到今日。那时， 立拿人也反叛了， 因为约兰离弃了耶和华他列祖的 神。 11 他又在犹大众山上建筑邱坛， 使耶路撒冷的居民行邪淫， 引诱犹大人。 12 以利亚先知有信送给约兰， 说： "耶和华你的先祖大卫的 神这样说： ‘因为你没有遵行你父亲约沙法的道路， 也没有遵行犹大王亚撒的道路， 13 却随从了以色列诸王的道路， 使犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民行邪淫， 好像亚哈家行邪淫一样； 又杀了你父家比你良善的众兄弟； 14 所以耶和华要用极大的灾祸击打你的人民、妻子和儿女， 以及你的一切财产。 15 至于你， 你的肠脏必患严重的病， 直到因病情日益严重， 你的肠子都流出来了。’" 16 后来， 耶和华激动了非利士人和靠近古实的阿拉伯人的心， 和约兰作对。 17 他们上来攻打犹大， 侵入境内， 掠去了王宫的一切财物， 又掳去了他的众子和妻妾； 除了他最小的儿子约哈斯以外， 没有给他留下一个儿子。 18 这些事以后， 耶和华击打约兰， 使他的肠脏患了不治之症。 19 他病了很久。过了二年， 他的肠子因病重流了出来， 他就病死了； 他的人民没有为他烧火， 好像从前他的列祖烧火一样。 20 约兰登基的时候是三十二岁； 他在耶路撒冷作王共八年； 他离世的时候， 没有人哀悼他。人把他埋葬在大卫城里， 可是没有葬在众王的陵墓里。

1 And Jehoshaphat lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigneth in his stead.2 And he hath brethren, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these [are] sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel,3 and their father giveth to them many gifts of silver and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah, and the kingdom he hath given to Jehoram, for He [is] the first-born.4 And Jehoram riseth up over the kingdom of his father, and strengtheneth himself, and slayeth all his brethren with the sword, and also -- of the heads of Israel.5 A son of thirty and two years [is] Jehoram in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,6 and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab hath been to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,7 and Jehovah hath not been willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He had said to give to him a lamp, and to his sons -- all the days.8 In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and cause a king to reign over them;9 and Jehoram passeth over with his heads, and all the chariots with him, and it cometh to pass, he hath risen by night and smiteth the Edomites who are coming round against him, and the princes of the chariots,10 and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah unto this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time from under his hand, because he hath forsaken Jehovah, God of his fathers,11 also, he hath made high places in the mountains of Judah, and causeth the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom, and compelleth Judah.12 And there cometh in unto him a writing from Elijah the prophet, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, Because that thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, and in the ways of Asa king of Judah,13 and thou dost walk in the way of the kings of Israel, and dost cause Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom like the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also thy brethren, the house of thy father, who are better than thyself, thou hast slain;14 lo, Jehovah is smiting -- a great smiting -- among thy people, and among thy sons, and among thy wives, and among all thy goods --15 and thou, with many sicknesses, with disease of thy bowels, till thy bowels come out, by the sickness, day by day.`16 And Jehovah waketh up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who [are] beside the Cushim,17 and they come up into Judah, and rend it, and take captive all the substance that is found at the house of the king, and also his sons, and his wives, and there hath not been left to him a son except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons.18 And after all this hath Jehovah plagued him in his bowels by a disease for which there is no healing,19 and it cometh to pass, from days to days, and at the time of the going out of the end of two years, his bowels have gone out with his sickness, and he dieth of sore diseases, and his people have not made for him a burning like the burning of his fathers.20 A son of thirty and two [years] was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he goeth without desire, and they bury him in the city of David, and not in the graves of the kings.