2 Chronicles 21:13

Edom Wins Independence From Judah

¹² Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, saying:

This is what Yahweh, the God of your ancestor David says: “Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or in the ways of Asa king of Judah ¹³ but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves like the house of Ahab prostituted itself, and also have killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you, ¹⁴ Yahweh is now about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a horrible affliction.

Foreign Gods

Inhabitants of Jerusalem

King of Israel

Play the Harlot

Played the Harlot

Put to Death

Sexual Immorality

To the Lord

Walk in the Way of

Walked in the Way of

Walked in the Ways of

Go A-Whoring

Prostitute Themselves

Ahab

Asa

David

Israel

Jehoshaphat

Jerusalem

Judah

2 Chronicles 21:4

When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened his position by killing with the sword all his brothers as well as some of the princes of Israel.

2 Chronicles 21:11

Jehoram also built high places in the hills of Judah, and he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, and he led Judah astray.

1 Kings 16:30-33

But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight more than all who were before him.

2 Chronicles 21:6

He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for Ahab’s daughter was his wife. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,

Genesis 4:10-12

Then He said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground!

Genesis 42:21-22

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

Exodus 34:15

“Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon commit adultery with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

Judges 9:56-57

In this way, God turned back on Abimelech the evil that he had done against his father, by killing his 70 brothers.

1 Kings 2:31-33

The king said to him, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s house the blood that Joab shed without just cause.

1 Kings 16:25

Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; he did more evil than all who were before him.

2 Kings 9:22

When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?”

He answered, “What peace can there be as long as there is so much prostitution and witchcraft from your mother Jezebel?”

Isaiah 26:21

For look, the Lord is coming from His place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.
The earth will reveal the blood shed on it
and will no longer conceal her slain.

Jeremiah 3:8-9

I observed that it was because unfaithful Israel had committed adultery that I had sent her away and had given her a certificate of divorce. Nevertheless, her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid but also went and prostituted herself.

Habakkuk 2:12

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and founds a town with injustice!

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.