2 Chronicles 21:12
Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “the Lord, the God of David your father, says, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
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- a writing."Which was writ before his assumption."
- A.M. 3116. B.C. 888.
- 2 Kings 2:1; Jeremiah 36:2, 23, 28–32; Ezekiel 2:9, 10; Daniel 5:5, 25–29
- Elijah the prophet
- If the account of the translation of Elijah be given in the order in which it happened, then it occurred in the reign of Jehoshaphat, the father of Jehoram. Hence, it is probable that he wrote it before his assumption, and left it to be delivered by Elisha or one of the prophets.
- 2 Kings 2:11
- in the ways of Jehoshaphat
- 2 Chronicles 17:3, 4; 1 Kings 22:43
- in the ways of Asa
- 2 Chronicles 14:2–5; 1 Kings 15:11