5 Je·hoʹram was 32 years old when he became king, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.+

12 Eventually a written message came to him from E·liʹjah+ the prophet, saying: “This is what Jehovah the God of David your forefather says, ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Je·hoshʹa·phat+ or in the ways of King Aʹsa+ of Judah.