2 Chronicles 21
God kept His promise to maintain David’s descendants on the throne of Judah, but He also kept His promise to chasten them if they disobeyed Him (2 Sam. 7:12–17). He disciplined Jehoram in several ways.
To begin with, Jehoram’s rule began to disintegrate as the Edomites revolted and the Philistines invaded. Even the Levitical city of Libnah revolted (v. 10;
Elijah’s letter warned the king and gave him opportunity to repent, but Jehoram went his own way. What a privilege to get a letter from a famous prophet! And what a tragedy to treat it with disdain. The king died in severe pain, and nobody regretted it. Yet he was the son of the great Jehoshaphat.
If you received a loving letter of warning today, how would you respond to it?