11. Jehoram also built high places on the hills in Judah. He caused the people of Jerusalem to start worshiping other gods. He led the people of Judah away from their God.
12. Jehoram received this message from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord, the God your father David followed, says, ‘Jehoram, you have not lived the way your father Jehoshaphat lived. You have not lived the way King Asa of Judah lived.
13. But you have lived the way the kings of Israel lived. You have caused the people of Judah and Jerusalem to stop doing what God wants. That is what Ahab and his family did. They were unfaithful to God. You have killed your brothers, and they were better than you.
14. So now, the Lord will soon punish your people with terrible suffering. He will punish your children, your wives, and all your property.
15. You will have a painful sickness in your intestines that will get worse and worse. Your intestines will finally come out.’”
16. The Lord caused the Philistines and the Arabs living near the Ethiopians to be angry with Jehoram.