1
And Joram the son of Achaab began to reign in Israel in the eighteenth year of Josaphat king of Juda, and he reigned twelve years.
2
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as his father, nor as his mother: and he removed the pillars of Baal which his father had made.
3
Only he adhered to the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not from it.
4
And Mosa king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel in the beginning , a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5
And it came to pass, after the death of Achaab, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.