No one mourned the death of King Jehoram, and he was not given the normal honor of being buried with the past kings. The Amplified Bible says he “departed without being wanted.” Literally, “He departed without any feeling of loss.” What a sad commentary on a person’s life. The reason there were no tears shed at his death was because he was a wicked king. Even when a nonbeliever dies we are saddened, because we know they are going to a godless eternity. But when Jehoram died, no one cared.<\/p>\n
This sad story of Jehoram reminds us of the modern story of billionaire Howard Hughes, who was reportedly worth 2.5 billion dollars at his death. He had spent the last 15 years of his life as a drug addict. Time<\/em> magazine reported that not a single acquaintance or relative mourned his death. The only honor he received was a minute of silence in his own Las Vegas casinos:<\/p>\n Howard Hughes\u2019 death was commemorated in Las Vegas by a minute of silence. Casinos fell silent. Housewives stood uncomfortable, clutching their paper cups full of coins at the slot machines, the blackjack games paused, and at the crap tables the stickmen cradled the dice in the crook of their wooden wands. Then a pit boss looked at his watch, leaned forward and whispered, “O.K., roll the dice. He\u2019s had his minute.\u201d (Time<\/em>, December 13, 1976)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n We don\u2019t want to live our lives so selfishly, with so little true, eternal purpose, that when we die it is \u201cwithout any feeling of loss.\u201d Jesus said if we build our lives to please ourselves, we are building on sand and our lives will crumble. But if we build our lives on Him, on the Rock, putting others before ourselves, taking the Gospel to a dying world, then our lives will be solid and will count for all eternity.<\/p>\n “LORD, we want to build only on You, the Rock, today.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n =============================================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 Chronicles 21 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1<\/sup>\u00a0Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these\u00a0were<\/em>the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>the firstborn.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and\u00a0divers\u00a0<\/em>also of the princes of Israel. 5<\/sup> Jehoram\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought\u00a0that which was\u00a0<\/em>evil in the eyes of the\u00a0LORD.\u00a07<\/sup>\u00a0Howbeit the\u00a0LORD\u00a0would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.\u00a08<\/sup> In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.\u00a0\u00a09<\/sup>\u00a0Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time\u00a0also\u00a0<\/em>did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the\u00a0LORD\u00a0God of his fathers.\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah\u00a0thereto<\/em>. 12<\/sup>\u00a0And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the\u00a0LORDGod of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father\u2019s house,\u00a0which were\u00a0<\/em>better than thyself:\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0Behold, with a great plague will the\u00a0LORD\u00a0smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:\u00a0\u00a015<\/sup>\u00a0And thou\u00a0shalt have\u00a0<\/em>great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. 16<\/sup>\u00a0Moreover the\u00a0LORD\u00a0stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that\u00a0were\u00a0<\/em>near the Ethiopians:\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king\u2019s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.\u00a018<\/sup>\u00a0And after all this the\u00a0LORD\u00a0smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No one mourned the death of King Jehoram, and he was not given the normal honor of being buried with the past kings. The Amplified Bible says he “departed without being wanted.” Literally, “He departed without any feeling of loss.” What a sad commentary on a person’s life. 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