CHAPTER X

TWO SONS OF JEHOSHAPHAT 99

Jehoram (B.C. 851-843)--Ahaziah (B.C. 843-842)--Jehoram ben-Jehoshaphat of Judah--Perplexing uncertainty of minute chronological details--The blight of the Jezebel-alliance--The husband of Athaliah--His apostasies--Revolt of Edom--Narrow escape of Jehoram--Revolt of Libnah--Jehoram's murder by his brethren--Philistine invasion--Incurable disease--Ahaziah ben-Jehoram--Joins his uncle (Jehoram ben-Ahab) in the campaign against Ramoth-Gilead--Visits him at Jezreel--Shot down by Jehu.