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2Ch 21:1 Strong Concordance Now Jehoshaphat [03092] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] with his fathers [01] in the city [05892] of David [01732]. And Jehoram [03088] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
  King James Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
JEHORAM SUCCEEDS JEHOSHAPHAT. (Ch2 21:1-4)

Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers . . . Jehoram . . . reigned--The late king left seven sons; two of them are in our version named Azariah; but in the Hebrew they appear considerably different, the one being spelt "Azariah," and the other "Azariahu." Though Jehoshaphat had made his family arrangements with prudent precaution, and while he divided the functions of royalty in his lifetime (compare Kg2 8:16), as well as fixed the succession to the throne in his oldest son, he appointed each of the others to the government of a fenced city, thus providing them with an honorable independence. But this good intentions were frustrated; for no sooner did Jehoram find himself in the sole possession of sovereign power than, from jealousy, or on account of their connections, he murdered all his brothers, together with some leading influential persons who, he suspected, were attached to their interest, or would avenge their deaths. Similar tragedies have been sadly frequent in Eastern courts, where the heir of the crown looks upon his brothers as his most formidable enemies, and is therefore tempted to secure his power by their death.
 
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16 And in the fifth [02568] year [08141] of Joram [03141] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478], Jehoshaphat [03092] being then king [04428] of Judah [03063], Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began to reign [04427].
1 Now Jehoshaphat [03092] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] with his fathers [01] in the city [05892] of David [01732]. And Jehoram [03088] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
2 And he had brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092], Azariah [05838], and Jehiel [03171], and Zechariah [02148], and Azariah [05838], and Michael [04317], and Shephatiah [08203]: all these were the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
3 And their father [01] gave [05414] them great [07227] gifts [04979] of silver [03701], and of gold [02091], and of precious things [04030], with fenced [04694] cities [05892] in Judah [03063]: but the kingdom [04467] gave [05414] he to Jehoram [03088]; because he was the firstborn [01060].
4 Now when Jehoram [03088] was risen up [06965] to the kingdom [04467] of his father [01], he strengthened [02388] himself, and slew [02026] all his brethren [0251] with the sword [02719], and divers also of the princes [08269] of Israel [03478].
5 Jehoram [03088] was thirty [07970] and two [08147] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] eight [08083] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389].
16 And in the fifth [02568] year [08141] of Joram [03141] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478], Jehoshaphat [03092] being then king [04428] of Judah [03063], Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began to reign [04427].
16 And in the fifth [02568] year [08141] of Joram [03141] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478], Jehoshaphat [03092] being then king [04428] of Judah [03063], Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began to reign [04427].
13 But hast walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], and hast made Judah [03063] and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] to go a whoring [02181], like to the whoredoms [02181] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256], and also hast slain [02026] thy brethren [0251] of thy father's [01] house [01004], which were better [02896] than thyself:
1 And Solomon [08010] the son [01121] of David [01732] was strengthened [02388] in his kingdom [04438], and the LORD [03068] his God [0430] was with him, and magnified [01431] him exceedingly [04605].
4 Now when Jehoram [03088] was risen up [06965] to the kingdom [04467] of his father [01], he strengthened [02388] himself, and slew [02026] all his brethren [0251] with the sword [02719], and divers also of the princes [08269] of Israel [03478].
3 And their father [01] gave [05414] them great [07227] gifts [04979] of silver [03701], and of gold [02091], and of precious things [04030], with fenced [04694] cities [05892] in Judah [03063]: but the kingdom [04467] gave [05414] he to Jehoram [03088]; because he was the firstborn [01060].
2 And he had brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092], Azariah [05838], and Jehiel [03171], and Zechariah [02148], and Azariah [05838], and Michael [04317], and Shephatiah [08203]: all these were the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
1 Now Jehoshaphat [03092] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] with his fathers [01] in the city [05892] of David [01732]. And Jehoram [03088] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
2 And he had brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092], Azariah [05838], and Jehiel [03171], and Zechariah [02148], and Azariah [05838], and Michael [04317], and Shephatiah [08203]: all these were the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
3 And their father [01] gave [05414] them great [07227] gifts [04979] of silver [03701], and of gold [02091], and of precious things [04030], with fenced [04694] cities [05892] in Judah [03063]: but the kingdom [04467] gave [05414] he to Jehoram [03088]; because he was the firstborn [01060].