King Jehoram (Joram),
the 9th king to rule over all of the Israelites in
the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.-2 Kings 3:1-3***Jeroboam was the son born to Nebat and Zeruah. Nebat was an Israelite from Ephrath (Bethlehem), descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). Sometime after Nebat died, Jeroboam became the 1st king to rule the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God Promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. During the beginning of his reign, Jeroboam instituted a system of idolatry throughout the northern nation, and built at least 1 temple for false worship, and placed a golden calf in Bethel, in the southern region of the kingdom, and a golden calf in Dan, in the northern region, for the Israelites to worship. Jeroboam's son Nadab was the 2nd king to rule the northern nation of Israel. Baasha was an Israelite from the tribe of Issachar, descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 5th born son Issachar. In the 2nd year of Nadab's reign, Baasha killed Nadab and became the 3rd king to rule the northern nation of Israel. Baasha's son Elah was the 4th king to reign. In the 2nd year of Elah's reign, Zimri killed Elah and became the 5th king to rule the northern nation of Israel. However, the Israelites proclaimed Omri, an army captain, to be their king. On the 7th day of Zimri's reign, Zimri died after setting fire to the king's palace while he stayed within the burning building. Afterwards, half of the Israelites followed Omri as their king, and half of the Israelites followed Tibni. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Omri became the 6th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel and bought hillside land and established Samaria, the royal city. Omri's son Ahab was the 7th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. When Ahab died after being wounded in a battle against the Syrians, Ahaziah, the son born to Ahab and his wife Jezebel, a Sidonian (Zidonian) princess, became the 8th king to reign. After Ahaziah died following a fall and being injured, Ahab and Jezebel's son Jehoram (Joram) became the 9th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. King Pekah was the 18th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. During Pekah's reign, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and King Tiglath-pileser, ruler of Assyria, began taking Israelites to Assyria. During the reign of King Hoshea, the 19th king to rule the northern nation, the Assyrians conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Over 100 years after Samaria was conquered, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land, and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. The Babylonians began taking Israelites to Babylon, and conquered the royal city, Jerusalem, and burned the temple and other buildings. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.
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