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1 Wen Jehoshafat mahke, dey bury him wit his ancesta guys inside Jerusalem, David big town. His boy Jehoram come king afta him.
2 Jehoram braddahs was Azariah, Jehiel, Zekariah, Azariahu, Michael, an Shefatiah. All dem get Jehoshafat, da king fo Israel, fo dea faddah.
3 Dea faddah wen give dem plenny present: silva, gold, an real good kine stuffs, an towns dat get strong wall inside Judah, but he make Jehoram da king, cuz he da boy dat wen born firs.
Jehoram Da Judah King
(2 Kings 8:16-24)
4 Jehoram take ova an come one strong king ova da Judah peopo. Den he tell his guys kill all his braddahs wit swords. Dey kill some a da leada guys fo da Israel peopo too.
5 Jehoram was thirty-two year ol wen he come king, an he stay king inside Jerusalem fo eight year.
6 He make jalike da kings fo da Israel peopo wen make, jalike da Ahab family, cuz he marry one a Ahab girls. Da way Da One In Charge see Joram, he do real bad kine stuff.
7 But cuz Da One In Charge wen make one deal wit David, Da One In Charge no like wipe out da David ohana. Da One In Charge wen make one promise fo make David ohana stay alive foeva, jalike one olive oil lamp dat no pio.
8 Da time Jehoram stay king, da Edom peopo fight da Judah peopo, an make one guy from da Edom peopo come da Edom king.
9 So Jehoram go Edom side wit his officer guys an all his war wagons. Da Edom guys come all aroun him an da guys in charge a his war wagons. But nite time, Jehoram make his move an attack dem. Az how da Judah guys get away.
10 Still yet today, da Edom peopo stay agains da Judah peopo.
Da same time, da Libnah peopo fight Judah, cuz Jehoram wen bag from Da One In Charge, da God fo his ancesta guys.
11 Anodda ting Jehoram wen do, he build sacrifice places on top da Judah hills, an make da Jerusalem peopo fool aroun wit odda gods. Az how Jehoram make da Judah peopo go da wrong way from God.
12 Jehoram get one letta from Elijah, da guy dat talk fo God, dat tell:
“Dis, one message from Da One In Charge, da God fo yoa ancesta David: ‘You no make jalike yoa faddah Jehoshafat, o jalike Asa da Judah king.
13 But you make jalike da Israel kings. You make da Judah an Jerusalem peopo fool aroun wit odda gods, jalike da Ahab ohana wen do. An you even kill yoa braddahs from yoa faddah ohana, guys dat was mo betta den you.
14 So you know wat?! Da One In Charge stay ready fo wack yoa peopo hard, yoa kids, yoa wifes, an eryting dat stay yoas.
15 An you, you goin come real sick inside yoa gut, an da sick goin stay long time, till da sick make yoa gut come out from yoa okole.’ ”
16 Dat time, Da One In Charge make da Filisha peopo an da Arab peopo dat live nea da Sudan peopo come huhu an like attack Jehoram.
17 Dey go agains da Judah peopo. Dey fight fo go inside da Judah land. Den dey take away all da stuffs dey find inside da king palace, an his boys an his wifes. No mo Joram boy stay alive dea, ony Ahaziah, da mos young.
18 Afta all dat, Da One In Charge wack Jehoram wit one sick inside his gut, an no mo nobody can make him come good.
19 Afta bout two year, his gut come out his okole cuz a da sick, an he hurt plenny an mahke from dat. His peopo no make big fire fo show him respeck, da way dey wen do um fo his ancesta guys.
20 Jehoram was thirty-two year ol wen he come king, an he stay king Jerusalem town fo eight year. Wen he mahke, nobody feel sad. Dey bury him inside Jerusalem, David big town, but not inside da tombs fo da king guys.