Jehoram of Judah
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Jehoram of Judah or Joram, was the fifth king of Judah, and the son of king Jehoshaphat. Jehoram rose to the throne at the age of 32 and reigned for 8 years, although he was ill during his last two ye
Asa, Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Jehoram, Uzziah, and Jotham, by Lucas van Leyden
Athaliah
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Athaliah was the daughter of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel; she was queen consort of Judah as the wife of King Jehoram, a descendant of King David, and was later queen regnant c. 841–835 BC.
Jehoram of Judah
…in 2 Chronicles 21:2. His father, Jehoshaphat, had allied with the Kingdom of Israel, and one of the terms of this alliance was that Jehoram married Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab. Despite this alliance with the stronger northern kingdom, Jehoram's rule of Judah was shaky. Edom, then ruled by a viceroy of…
Athaliah murders all infant claimants to the throne (Antoine Dufour, 1505)
Gustave Doré, The Death of Athaliah.