12. And there came a letter to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father [forefather]: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
13. But have walked in the ways of Israel's kings, and made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem play the harlot like the [spiritual] harlotry of Ahab's house, and also have slain your brothers of your father's house, who were better than you,
14. Behold, the Lord will smite your people, and your children, your wives, and all your possessions with a great plague.
15. And you yourself shall have a severe illness because of an intestinal disease, until your bowels fall out because of the sickness, day after day.
16. And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the anger of the Philistines and of the Arabs who were near the Ethiopians.
17. They came against Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in and around the king's house, together with his sons and his wives; so there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest.
18. And after all this, the Lord smote [Jehoram] with an incurable intestinal disease.