2 Kings 1:17
“After the death of Ahaziah, since he had no children who could inherit the kingdom, his brother Jehoram became king. This did not occur because the Law prescribed anything of the sort, but because this was the custom of their neighbors, which the children of Israel had observed by now for many years. But God gives ano…”
Source: Septuagint
17So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken.
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15And the angel of the Lord spoke to Elijah, and said, Go down with him, be not afraid of them. And Elijah rose up, and went down with him to the king.
16And Elijah spoke to him, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why hast thou sent messengers to inquire of Baal fly, the god of Ekron? it shall not be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.
— 2 Kings 1:17 —
18And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? a And Jehoram son of Ahab reigns over Israel in Samaria twelve years beginning in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah: b and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as his brethren, nor as his mother: c and he removed the pillars of Baal which his father made, and broke them in pieces: only he was joined to the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to sin; he departed not from them. d And the Lord was very angry with the house of Ahab.