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Jehoram

also Joram

Jehoram

King

Era
Divided Monarchy
Tribe
not named in scripture
Roles
Kingdom
Israel
Dynasty
Omride
Reign
c. 852-841 BC

approximate - Thiele

Father
Mother
not named in scripture

Biography

Jehoram, also called Joram, was son of Ahab and began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the 18th year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah . He reigned 12 years, did evil in Yahweh's sight, removed the pillar of Baal that Ahab had made, and still clung to the sins of Jeroboam I .

After Moab rebelled, Jehoram went out with Jehoshaphat of Judah and the king of Edom against Moab, and Elisha announced Yahweh's help because of Jehoshaphat . The campaign pushed Moab back until the king of Moab offered his eldest son on the wall, after which great wrath came against Israel and the army withdrew .

Later Joram was wounded fighting Hazael of Syria at Ramoth gilead and went to Jezreel to heal, where Ahaziah of Judah came to see him . Jehu found him at Jezreel, shot him with an arrow, and had his body thrown into the field of Naboth .

In Scripture

Place in the Line

Parsed ancestry reaches Omri; it does not yet reach Adam.