You will remember wicked king Ahab, king of Israel. King Jehoshaphat (king of Judah) had made an alliance with him, and now Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram marries Ahab’s daughter! Our life influences our children.
V.6 The answer. And the reason is made plain.
V.8-10 Not a word about asking the Lord for help, as his father had done (2 Chron. 20:12).
V.11 False gods and immorality go together.
V.12-15 A faithful servant of God, Elijah, had written a message from God to the king, telling him his awful future. Would this cause him to stop his wickedness?
V.16-20 What a contrast here too, to his father’s great gathering of the enemy’s treasure. The enemy strips Judah of its treasure; all but one of the king’s own family were taken captives. The Lord preserved the royal line (Matt. 1:88And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; (Matthew 1:8)).
V.20 He departed this life without being regretted! Because of the sins he himself committed and the sins he forced the people to commit (v. 11).