2 Chronicles 21:12-15 Parallel Bible Translations

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12	Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet: \|This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says: 'You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,	And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,	Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah.
13	but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the LORD, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. You also killed your brothers, members of your father's family, who were better than you.	but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel and have enticed Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom, as the house of Ahab led Israel into whoredom, and also you have killed your brothers, of your father’s house, who were better than you,	But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better than you.
14	So look, the LORD is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.	behold, the LORD will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,	So now the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow.
15	And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out.\|	and you yourself will have a severe sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the disease, day by day.’”	You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out.’”
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