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• JEHORAM, or JORAM (Heb. " Yah[weh] is high ")

JEHORAM, or JORAM (Heb. " Yah[weh] is high ")  , the name of two Biblical characters . I . The son of See also:

• AHAB (in Heb. 'ah'(ib, " father's brother ")

Ahab, and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• AHAZIAH (" he whom Yahweh sustains ")

Ahaziah ? He maintained See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close relations with See also:

• JUDAH

Judah, whose king came to his assistance against See also:

• MOAB

Moab which had revolted after Ahab's.See also:

• DEATH

death (2 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings i.1; iii.) . The king in question is said to have been See also:

• JEHOSHAPHAT (Heb. " Yahweh judges ")

Jehoshaphat; but, according to See also:

• LUCIAN (d. 312)
• LUCIAN [Aowaavos] (c. A.D. 120-180)

Lucian's recension, it was Ahaziah, whilst i . 17 would show that it was See also:

• JEHORAM, or JORAM (Heb. " Yah[weh] is high ")

Jehoram's namesake (see 2) . The result of the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign appears to have been a defeat for Israel (see on the incidents See also:

• EDOM

EDOM, See also:

• ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

ELISHA, MOAB) . The prophetical party were throughout hostile to Jehoram (with his reform iii . 2 contrast x . 27), and the singular See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of Benhadad king of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria against the king of Israel (vi . 24-vu.) shows the feeling against the reigning See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty . But whether the incidents in which Elisha and the unnamed king of Israel appear originally belonged to the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Jehoram is very doubtful, and in view of the See also:

• PART

part which Elisha took in securing the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• JEHU

Jehu, it has been urged with much force that they belong to the dynasty of the- latter, when the high position of the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet would be perfectly natural ?

The briefest account is given of Jehoram's See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with Ahaziah (son of 2 below) against Hazael of Syria, at Ramoth-See also:

• GILEAD (i.e. " hard " or " rugged," a name sometimes used, both in earlier and in later writers, to denote the whole of the territory occupied by the Israelites eastward of Jordan, extending from the Arnon to the southern base of Hermon (Dent. xxxiv. 1; J

Gilead 2 2 Kings i . 17 seq.; see Lucian's See also:

• READING

reading (cf . Vulg. and Pesh.) . Apart from the allusion I Kings xxii . 49 (see 2 Chron. xx . 35), and the narrative in 2 Kings i . (see See also:

• ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

ELIJAH), nothing is known of this Ahaziah . Notwithstanding his very brief reign (I Kings xxii . 51; 2 Kings iii . I), the compiler passes the usual hostile See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment (1 Kings xxii . 52 seq.) ; see KINGS (BooKs) . The See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology in I Kings xxii .

51 is difficult; if Lucian's See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text (twenty-See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• YEAR

year of Jehoshaphat) is correct, Jehoram and 2 must have come to their respective thrones at almost the same time . 8 In vii . 6 the hostility of See also:

• HITTITES

Hittites and See also:

• MIZRAIM

Mizraim (q.v.) points to a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period after 842 B.c . (See See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

JEws, § to seq.) (2 Kings viii . 25-29), and the incident—with the wounding of the Israelite king in or about the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical year 842 B.c.—finds a noteworthy parallel in the time of Jehoshaphat and Ahab (I Kings xxii . 29–36) at the period of the equally momentous events in 8J4 (see AHAB) . See further JEHU . 2 . The son of Jehoshaphat and king of Judah . He married See also:

• ATHALIAH

Athaliah the daughter of Ahab, and thus was brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of 1. above, and contemporary with him (2 Kings i . 17) . In his days Edom revolted, and this with the mention of Libnah's revolt (2 Kings viii .

20 sqq.) suggests some See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• ACTION

action on the part of See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines and Edomites . The chronicler's account of his See also:

• LIFE

life (2 Chron. xxi–xxii . I) presupposes this, but adds many remarkable details: he began his reign by massacring his brethren (cf . Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, and his bloodshed, 2 Kings ix. seq.); for his wickedness he received a communication from Elijah foretelling his death from disease (cf . Elijah and Ahaziah of Israel, 2 Kings i.) ; in a See also:

• GREAT

great invasion of Philistines and Arabian tribes he lost all his possessions and See also:

• FAMILY

family, and only Jehoahaz (i.e . Ahaziah) was saved." His son Ahaziah reigned only for a year (cf. his namesake of Israel); he is condemned for his Israelite sympathies, and met his end in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general butchery which attended the accession of Jehu (2 Kings viii . 25 sqq.; 2 Chron. xxii . 3 seq., 7; with 2 Kings ix . 27 seq., See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note the variant tradition in 2 Chron. xxii . 8 seq., and the details which the LXX . (Lucian) appends to 2 Kings x.) . ,(S .

A .