2 Kings 8:16-24

¹⁶Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king. ¹⁷He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for Ahab’s daughter was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. ¹⁹However, the Lord did not want to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give him a lamp through his sons always.

²⁰In his days Edom broke away from the rule of Judah, and appointed a king over themselves. ²¹Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. And he got up at night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents. ²²So Edom has broken away from Judah to this day. Then Libnah broke away at the same time. ²³Now the rest of the acts of Joram and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

²⁴So Joram lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.